Alderton, Northamptonshire

The villages name means 'Farm/settlement connected with Ealdhere'. There is evidence of settlement at Alderton in the Iron Age. She rewarded musicians who played for her on 18 August. At this time King James I knighted Thomas Hesilrige at Grafton. He later became a baronet. Hesilrige's son Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet, a close ally of John Pym and Oliver Cromwell and one of the Five Members, was Lord of the Manor in 1655. By the early 18th century the village was a thriving agricultural community. The Manor House was demolished and its site was occupied by a substantial farm, known as Manor Farm. The village population remained small and largely involved in agriculture. Recently, it…