Spinney Hill

Spinney Hill
Spinney Hill
	Spinney Hill Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP772630
District	Northampton;
Shire county	Northamptonshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTHAMPTON
Postcode district	NN3
Dialling code	01604
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Northampton North;

Spinney Hill is an area of Northampton, England, to the north of the town, in the Parklands ward. It is bordered by a semi-wild park area called Bradlaugh Fields, another more traditional park, allotments and a residential area.

Amenities include shops, a pub (called "The Spinney Hill"), Northampton School for Girls, a comprehensive secondary school with academy status, and primary and nursery schools.[1]

The Post Office has relocated to Sweet Machine on Churchill Avenue.[2]

The population is included in the Eastfield ward of Northampton Council.

History

Sir Philip Manfield (a shoe manufacturer) had a substantial mansion built on Kettering Road for himself and his family between 1899 and 1902.[3] James Manfield gave the house for a hospital and it opened as a "hospital for crippled children." It became an orthopedic hospital for all ages and closed as a hospital in 1992. The main building was then converted into apartments and renamed "Manfield Grange".[4][5]

The Spinney Hill pub was built in 1936 by the Northampton Brewery Company. From 1937 until 1947 their tenants were Bertha Wilmott, a singing star of variety theatre and radio, and her husband Reg Seymour. At that time it was a hotel offering accommodation and a famous hotel guest in 1943 was Hollywood film star Clark Gable, while he was a captain in the US army.[6][7]

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Ingram, Mike (2020). Northampton 5,000 years of history. Northampton: Northampton Tours Publications. p. 263. ISBN 9798579592910.
Corps, Julia (30 January 2019). "Northampton Boot and Shoe Philanthropists: James Manfield". Northamptonshire Health Charity. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
Coleman, Richard; Rajczonek, Joe (1995). Northampton: Welcome to the past. Part Two. People and places. Wellingborough: WD Wharton. p. 90. ISBN 0-9518557-8-6.
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[1] "Schools and Education". North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[2] "Search For Local Places Around You In - LOCAJI". www.locaji.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[3] Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). Cherry, Bridget (ed.). Northamptonshire. Buildings of England (2nd Edition 1973 ed.). Harmondsworth (London): Penguin. p. 342. ISBN 0-14-0710-22-1.

[4] Ingram, Mike (2020). Northampton 5,000 years of history. Northampton: Northampton Tours Publications. p. 263. ISBN 9798579592910.

[5] Corps, Julia (30 January 2019). "Northampton Boot and Shoe Philanthropists: James Manfield". Northamptonshire Health Charity. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[6] Coleman, Richard; Rajczonek, Joe (1995). Northampton: Welcome to the past. Part Two. People and places. Wellingborough: WD Wharton. p. 90. ISBN 0-9518557-8-6.

[7] Knibb, Dave (2019). Last Orders:A history and directory of Northampton Pubs and Inns trading before 1945. Northampton: Dave Knibb. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-5272-3882-4.