Barnwell St Andrew, Northamptonshire

Description
Barnwell-St-Andrew, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands adjacent to the L. & N.W.R., 2 1/2 miles SSE of Oundle, and has a station of the name of Barnwell on the railway, and a post office of the name of Barnwell-St-Andrew, under Oundle, which is the money order and telegraph office. Its name is alleged to be a corruption of " Bairn's Well," and is said to have arisen from an old superstitious belief that some wells in the neighbourhood had a miraculous efficacy to cure the diseases of children. The parish comprises 1681 acres; population, 252. A castle was erected here, in 1152, by Reginald Ie Moine, and passed to the family of Montagu; and the ruin of it, comprising a quadrangular court, with massive circular towers at the corners and a grand gateway on the south side, is an interesting specimen of Early Norman castellated architecture. The living is a rectory united with the rectory of Barnwell-All-Saints, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £838 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Buccleuch. The church is an ancient and interesting edifice of stone, and has a tower and spire.