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{{Short description|Village in Northamptonshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}
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|population= 1,150
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|region= East Midlands
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|post_town= Northampton
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'''Spratton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Northamptonshire]] unitary authority area of [[Northamptonshire]], England.<ref name=223ON>{{cite book|title=223 Explorer Map – Northampton and Market Harborough|publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=January 2006|work=Sheet map which includes the village of Spratton and its environs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of settlements |url=https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/neighbourhood-planning/list-settlements |publisher=[[West Northamptonshire Council]] |access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref> Before [[2019–2023 structural changes to local government in England#Northamptonshire|changes in 2021]] it was governed by [[Daventry District|Daventry District Council]]. At the time of the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], the parish's population was 1,099 people,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797216&c=spratton&d=16&e=15&g=472454&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1258816296289&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Spratton CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 21 November 2009</ref> increasing to 1,150 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128774&c=Spratton&d=16&e=62&g=6451031&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1468070851809&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=9 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> Spratton is 7.1 miles north of [[Northampton]], 6.5 miles from [[Long Buckby]] and 11.4 miles from [[Daventry]]. The village is situated on the [[A5199 road]].

The village's name means 'Pole farm/settlement', either made of poles or perhaps a place where they were made or acquired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Spratton |title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

==Landmarks==

===Parish Church===
The parish church of Spratton is dedicated to [[St Andrew]] and stands on Brixworth Road. It is over 900 years old and is a Grade I listed building. Parts of the west wall of the church date from the Norman period, along with one of the windows in the church tower<ref name=PEVNTON1>{{cite book|title=Northamptonshire – The Buildings of England|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|publisher=Penguin Books|date=1998|isbn=9780140710229|page=406|work=Description of the Saint Andrews Parish Church, Spratton}}</ref> and the south door. The [[ecclesiastical parish]] is part of the diocese of [[Peterborough]]. The church, built from [[ironstone]], stands on high ground in the centre of the village and has a tower with a spire. The [[chancel]] is 29 feet long by 15 feet wide. The earliest church built on the site dated from 1120, but it has been altered and remodelled considerably over the centuries. The interior of the church was restored in 1847 by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]], and the north porch rebuilt. The [[spire]] was taken down nearly to the base in 1870 and rebuilt. In the chancel is a fine alabaster [[Tomb effigy|effigy]] of Sir John Swinford who fought alongside the [[Black Prince]] and [[John of Gaunt]] in the [[Hundred Years' War]]. He died in 1371. The great-great-grandmother of [[George Washington]] was baptised in the church in 1602. There is a plaque saying this in the church.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jarvis |first=Enid |title=St Andrew's Church, Spratton |publisher=Spratton Local History Society |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-9549857-6-9}}</ref>

===Spratton Hall School===
Spratton Hall is a Grade II listed building.<ref name=LIST>{{cite web|title=Spratton Hall, Spratton
|url= http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-360241-spratton-hall-school-spratton-northampto|publisher=British Listed Buildings|work=Details of the listing for Spratton Hall|accessdate=1 September 2014}}</ref> The hall was built in the late 18th century.<ref name=PEVNTON>{{cite book|title=Northamptonshire – The Buildings of England|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|publisher=Penguin Books|date=1998|isbn=9780140710229|page=407|work=Description of the Spratton Hall and reference to build date}}</ref> The hall is now used as an independent co-educational school called [[Spratton Hall School]] and was founded by K.C. Hunter and his wife Joan in 1951. There are currently over 400 pupils at the school aged 4–13 years old. Spratton Hall, the largest house in the village, is a Grade II [[listed building]] with grounds extending to 50 acres. The house was probably built in 1760 on the site of an earlier farmhouse. Constructed primarily with limestone from [[Kingsthorpe]], it is a plain three-storey structure with a slate roof. Actor [[Tenniel Evans]] taught English and drama there for a short time in the early 1950s before returning to theatre. English international [[rugby union]] player [[Matt Dawson]] was a gap student at Spratton Hall from 1996 to 1997. [[Michael Ellis (British politician)|Michael Ellis]] [[Member of parliament|MP]] was educated there. Harry Mallinder (rugby union player) first played rugby there.

==Amenities==
The village has one [[public house]], the ''King's Head'' on [[Brixworth]] Road which also operates as a [[restaurant]] under the name of ''Brasserie 23''. The well-known ''Saul's the butcher's,'' established in 1926<ref>[http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?id=SB0001683939000050 Sauls Of Spratton Ltd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625010611/http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?id=SB0001683939000050 |date=25 June 2008 }}</ref> on Brixworth Road has now closed and has moved its premises to the farm shop near Chapel Brampton. ''Spratton Village Store'' is situated on Brixworth Road as is ''Dawn Mallard'', Hairdresser.

==Events==
Spratton used to host a [[folk music]] [[festival]] in July every year but stopped because they lost money 0 years in a row.<ref>[http://www.sprattonfestival.com/ Spratton Folk Festival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111115708/http://www.sprattonfestival.com/ |date=11 November 2007 }}</ref> Bands that have appeared include [[Capercaillie (band)|Capercaillie]], [[Show of Hands]], [[Oysterband]] and [[Peatbog Faeries]]. In addition to the music, there were craft stalls, food, children's entertainment and a bar serving [[real ale]]s and [[cider]]s.

==Notable people==
*The [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Cricket (sport)|cricketer]] [[Charles Studd]] was born in the village in 1860.
*Amphillis Twigden, the great-great-grandmother of [[George Washington]], first [[President of the United States]], was born in the parish of Spratton at [[Little Creaton]]; she was baptised in Spratton Church on 2 February 1602.
*[[Northampton Saints]] players who have resided the village include Rugby World Cup winners [[Ben Cohen (rugby union)|Ben Cohen]] and [[Matt Dawson]].
*Former England cricketer [[Devon Malcolm]] lives in the village.<ref>[http://www.sprattonhistory.org/village-history.php?view=9 Sport – Village History – Spratton Local History Society] Retrieved 2018-02-26.</ref>
*The [[suffragette]] [[Emily Davison]] was working as a live-in [[governess]] to the Moorhouse family at The Grange, Spratton, at the time of the [[1901 United Kingdom census|1901 census]].
*Lt William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse VC RFC (1887–1915) was the first airman to be awarded a [[Victoria Cross]]. He lived at Spratton Grange. There is a commemorative stone in the Millennium Garden, Brixworth Road, near to the [[village sign]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jarvis |first=Enid |title=Lieutenant William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse VC RFC – A Northamptonshire Hero |publisher=Spratton Local History Society |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-9549857-5-2}}</ref>

==References==
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* "Lieutenant William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse – A Northamptonshire Hero" by Enid Jarvis. Published Spratton Local History Society

==External links==
* [http://www.sprattonhistory.org Spratton Local History Society (SLHS)]
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