Harringworth, Northants.

Harringworth is located in the north-west of the district approximately 6 miles from Corby. The village lies in the Welland Valley, and is dominated by the Welland Viaduct, which was completed in 1879. It is one of the longest in the country. Harringworth was recorded as Harringeworde in the Domesday Book. It was a village of some importance, illustrated by the fact that by the end of the 13th Century the Church was one of the four largest in the area. In the late 13th Century the manor passed from William de Cantelope to the La Zouche family who made Harringworth one of their principal residences. However, Francis Foxley bought Harringworth and Bulwick from Lord Zouche and in his will in 1617 the villages were divided between his nine children. Moses Tyron bought the majority of this property and took residence at Harringworth. After Moses's death in 1652 Harringworth ceased to be the seat of a land-owning family and the medieval Manor House was largely demolished in 1719. Today all that remains is the fishpond and a small fragment of the House which is incorporated into Manor Cottages.