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Syresham is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire District in Northamptonshire, England. It is near the town of Brackley and close to the Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit. It is surrounded by villages and hamlets such as Whitfield, Helmdon, Silverstone and Wappenham in Northamptonshire and Biddlesden in Buckinghamshire. The border with Buckinghamshire lies just to the south of the village. The border itself is defined by the River Great Ouse, which rises within the parish. There are two small hamlets in the parish: Crowfield and Pimlico. The local geology includes the cornbrash and oolitic limestone of Jurassic age. There is a large abandoned quarry north of the church which supplied the stone for many of the older buildings in the village. The population, like so many other villages in England, is now much lower than even a century ago due to the British agricultural revolution. There are the remains of a very large fish pond south of the church and close to the manor house. The dam wall still stands but the pond was drained long ago for its rich pasture. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, most of the land in and around Syresham passed to Magdalen College, Oxford. Much of the estate has now been sold off. There are several deserted medieval villages nearby, including Astwell near Helmdon, the site of the still-standing keep or gatehouse of Astwell Castle. [edit] Research Tips[edit] A Vision of Britain through TimeA Vision of Britain through Time describes parishes and former parishes from a gazetteer of 1871; provides an outline of the historic administration links for parishes. The OS map of 1900, the OS map of 1935, and the OS map of 1965 all show parish boundaries and settlements within parishes. These maps are all expandable to show individual parishes and are useful for inspecting changes occuring over the 20th century. [edit] Archive Centres
[edit] Northamptonshire Family History SocietyThe NFHS website describes the activities of the society. The Society is presently transcribing the deposited Marriage Registers for the period 1754 through 1837. These transcriptions may provide more details than can be found on other databases where subscriptions are charged. [edit] GENUKIThe main GENUKI page for Northamptonshire lists a number of topics for research. [edit] Victoria County History
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