Oundle
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W
Oundle is an English town with 5345 inhabitants (as of 2001) on the River Nene in Northamptonshire . It is located about 20 km southwest of Peterborough in the East Northamptonshire district . The place is famous for the boarding school Oundle School , which was founded from the fortune of William Laxton , who was born in Oundle and was Lord Mayor of London in 1544 . Oundle is also the seat of the motor yacht manufacturer Fairline .
St Peter's Church in Oundle has the tallest church spire in Northamptonshire at 210 feet . The church was in the limelight when a church court ruled in 1996 that it could add a gargoyle with the face of Bill Westwood , the Bishop of Peterborough , although some parishioners opposed it.
A community partnership has existed with the French community of Andrésy since 2001.
Personalities
- James Yorke Bramston (1773–1836), convert from the Anglican to the Catholic Church, Catholic Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of London
- Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), musicologist, music teacher and composer
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC rap DJ's father dies on BBC News September 15, 1999, accessed September 17, 2013
