# Thorpe Malsor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thorpe_Malsor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thorpe_Malsor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_Malsor > Source revision: 1213417149 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Village in Northamptonshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Use British English|date=March 2014}} {{infobox UK place |official_name= Thorpe Malsor |static_image_name= Footpath to The Square, Thorpe Malsor - geograph 6663070.jpg |static_image_caption= Footpath to The Square, Thorpe Malsor |coordinates = {{coord|52.377|-0.828|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= SP8379 |label_position= left |population= 144 |population_ref= ([2001 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001)){{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790472 |title=Area selected: Kettering (Non-Metropolitan District) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=[Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics) |access-date=21 November 2011}}
145 (2011 census) |civil_parish= Thorpe Malsor |unitary_england= [North Northamptonshire](/source/North_Northamptonshire) |lieutenancy_england= [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire) |region= East Midlands |country= England |post_town= [Kettering](/source/Kettering) |postcode_district= NN14 |postcode_area= NN |dial_code= |constituency_westminster= [Kettering](/source/Kettering_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) |website= }} '''Thorpe Malsor''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) {{convert|2|mi|0}} west of [Kettering](/source/Kettering), Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 145.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129615&c=Thorpe+Malsor&d=16&e=62&g=6451540&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1468228478781&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=11 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} == History == The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement'. The village was held by [Fucher Malesoures](/source/Fucher_Malesoures) ([Malesouveres](/source/Malesouveres)) in the twelfth century. In the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) it was called 'Alida's outlying farm/settlement', potentially a shortening of the [Old English](/source/Old_English) female individual name, 'Aethelgyth'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Thorpe+Malsor|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}} The [Church of England parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of [All Saints](/source/Feast_of_All_Saints) was built late in the 13th and early in the 14th centuries.{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1973|p=428}} In 1877 the [Gothic Revival architect](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture) [C.C. Rolfe](/source/Clapton_Crabb_Rolfe) restored the church,{{sfn|Saint|1970|pp=53ff}} with [Harry Hems](/source/Harry_Hems) of [Exeter](/source/Exeter) undertaking the carving.{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1973|p=428}} All Saints parish is now part of a single [benefice](/source/Benefice) with the parishes of [Broughton](/source/Broughton%2C_Northamptonshire), [Cransley](/source/Cransley) and [Loddington](/source/Loddington%2C_Northamptonshire).{{Cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16651/|title=All Saints|website=www.achurchnearyou.com}} The village well in the middle of the main street was sunk in 1589.{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1973|p=428}} Thorpe Malsor Hall is a [Jacobean](/source/Jacobean_architecture) house that was refenestrated in the 18th century and enlarged in 1817.{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1973|p=428}} == Ironstone quarrying == Thorpe Malsor sits in the Northamptonshire ironstone field. Between 1903 and 1949, [iron ore](/source/iron_ore) was quarried from extensive, shallow pits on the north and west sides of the village. These pits were connected to the ironworks north of [Kettering](/source/Kettering), by branch of the [narrow gauge](/source/narrow_gauge) [Kettering Ironstone Railway](/source/Kettering_Ironstone_Railway). The first pit was close to the village on the west side. The last was further west. The railway crossed the valley north-east of the village on a substantial viaduct. The branch was removed in 1949. The railway was worked by steam locomotives including an unusual double ended locomotive built by the [Sentinel Company](/source/Sentinel_Waggon_Works) which had a central cab and a boiler and chimney at each end. This was mostly used on the Thorpe Malsor branch. Steam quarrying machines were introduced from 1918 and diesel ones from 1944.{{Quine ironstone |part=2}}{{Cite book|last=Tonks|first=Eric|title=The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands: Part V the Kettering Area|publisher=Runpast|year=1991|isbn=1-870754-05-0|location=Cheltenham|pages=176–203}} == See also == * [Church of St Leonard, Thorpe Malsor](/source/Church_of_St_Leonard%2C_Thorpe_Malsor) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{Cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author1-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget |series=[The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides) |title=Northamptonshire |date=1973 |publisher=[Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books) |location=Harmondsworth |page=428 |isbn=0-14-071022-1 }} *{{cite journal |last=Saint |first=Andrew |date=1970 |title=Three Oxford Architects |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=[Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society](/source/Oxfordshire_Architectural_and_Historical_Society) |volume=XXXV |pages=53 ff |url=http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%2035/Saint.doc |access-date=3 November 2009 }} ==External links== {{Commons category|Thorpe Malsor}} *{{oscoor gbx|SP834790}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Northamptonshire Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire Category:North Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Thorpe Malsor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_Malsor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_Malsor?action=history)). 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