Wormleighton

At one end is St Peter's Church, which has a Norman tower and nave, with small added Gothic aisles, made of local ironstone.

The village was abandoned after the English Civil War when the Spencer family home, Wormleighton Manor, was burned down in 1645.

The village, however, was refounded in the 19th century, and there is a group of buildings in the Arts and Crafts style, as well as a number of thatched cottages.

The first mention of a post office in the village is in September 1853, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued.

In 1498 an inquest jury[3] recorded that 60 villagers had been evicted from the Wormleighton Estate "weeping, to wander in idleness ... perished of hunger".

St Peters Church, Wormleighton by Kevin Flude
St Peter's Church, Wormleighton
Humps and depressions that are all that remains of the original Wormleighton Village
Humps and depressions are all that remains of the original Wormleighton Village
Photograph of the Chimney of Wormleighton Hall.
Photograph of the stone chimney of Wormleighton Manor
Wormleighton Hall Gatehouse
Wormleighton Manor gatehouse
Wormleighton Manor
Tomb of John Spencer Esq. in Wormleighton Church
Tomb of John Spencer Esq. in St Peter's Church, Wormleighton