Moreton Pinkney

Moreton Pinkney is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, about 7. 5mi north of Brackley. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 371. ManorIn the reign of Edward the Confessor one Leuric held the manor of Moreton "freely", i. e. without a feudal overlord. He was dispossessed after the Norman Conquest of England and the Domesday Book of 1086 records that one Geoffrey held the manor of Gilo, brother of Ansculf de Picquigny. "Pinkney" is a corruption of "Picquigny", a village in Picardy. In the 12th century Henry de Pinkeny (sic) held the manor. In both surveys the manor was assessed at one and a half hides. Parish churchThe earliest evidence of Christianity in the parish is a fragment of an Anglo-Saxon stone cross in the churchyard of the Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin. The church itself was built in the 12th century, which is the date of its Norman north door and three-bay northern arcade. The piscina and west tower date from about 1300. St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building.

Moreton Pinkney is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, about 7. 5mi north of Brackley. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 371. ManorIn the reign of Edward the Confessor one Leuric held the manor of Moreton "freely", i. e. without a feudal overlord. He was dispossessed after the Norman Conquest of England and the Domesday Book of 1086 records that one Geoffrey held the manor of Gilo, brother of Ansculf de Picquigny. "Pinkney" is a corruption of "Picquigny", a village in Picardy. In the 12th century Henry de Pinkeny (sic) held the manor. In both surveys the manor was assessed at one and a half hides. Parish churchThe earliest evidence of Christianity in the parish is a fragment of an Anglo-Saxon stone cross in the churchyard of the Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin. The church itself was built in the 12th century, which is the date of its Norman north door and three-bay northern arcade. The piscina and west tower date from about 1300. St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building.