- Twywell
Twywell is a village and
civil parish in the English county ofNorthamptonshire .Located just to the north of the
A14 road , Twywell forms part of the district ofEast Northamptonshire . Twywell Plantation, a wood belonging to theWoodland Trust is to the south and west of the village.Twywell is located near the A604 approximately three miles west of Thrapston. It was recorded in the
Domesday Book as Twowelle but can be dated back to the Iron Age.The Manor House Farm dates from 1591 and some of the building material is thought to have come from an old monastery situated between Slipton and Sudborough at a site known as 'Money Holes'.The village is centred along the High Street and The Green and there are no less than nine buildings of special architectural or historic interest contained within the parish.The population in 1991 was 179 with 87 dwellings: the estimate for 1995 was a population of 181 and a dwelling stock of 88.The village is served by mains drainage, a butcher, an off-licence and a public house. It is visited by a mobile greengrocer and library. A bus service operates to Thrapston and Kettering.Twywell Hills & Dales Country Park is nearby and provides attractive countryside walks.External links
* [http://www.east-northantsonline.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=459 Details of the village]
* [http://www.connect2northamptonshire.com/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=11438 Parish Council contact details]
* [http://www.wt-woods.org.uk/TwywellPlantation Twywell Plantation]
* [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/nh/twywe/ Some details of the parish church]
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