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Grendon, Northamptonshire history
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when Grendon formed part of the hundred of Wymersley, which covered an area of 52 square miles (130 km) There is a village folklore about drunken revellers leaving the pub in olden days trying to fish the reflection of the moon from the brook.
Trinity College, Cambridge, and the advowson
The advowson of the church, including 12 acres (49,000 m²) of glebe land, was granted in 1342, to King’s Hall, Cambridge by Edward III. The control of the living was transferred in 1926 to the Bishop of Peterborough.
The lost village
In 1970, excavations produced evidence of an abandoned village or deserted medieval village, known as Coton (which means cottages) situated behind Grendon Hall.
The Battle of Grendon
On 29 August 1876, a battle took place between local farmers and their men over water rights. The scene was commemorated in a poem by a local poet.
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