OS grid reference SP589786 Country England Post town Northampton Local time Saturday 9:35 PM District Daventry District UK parliament constituency Daventry | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district NN6 Shire county Northamptonshire Dialling code 01788 | |
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Stanford-on-Avon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanford in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies next to the River Avon, which here forms the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On the Leicestershire side of the river is Stanford Hall, a historic house. Stanford Reservoir is one mile north of the village. The population is included in the civil parish of Clay Coton.
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Map of Stanford on Avon, Northampton, UK
Organ
The church contains the oldest metal organ pipes surviving in Britain. The upper part of the organ-case appears to be related to the Dallam organ at Tewkesbury Abbey, and therefore the pipes probably date from the 1630s (i.e. before the Cromwell era when many organs were destroyed).
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Stanford-on-Avon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA