| Great Bowden | |
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) Great Bowden Village Sign | |
)  Great Bowden Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 1,017 (2011 Census) |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARKET HARBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | LE16 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Great Bowden is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is north-east of and a suburb of Market Harborough, although originally the parish of Great Bowden included Harborough. The population is around 1,000, being measured at the 2011 census as 1,017.[1] Places nearby include Market Harborough, Little Bowden, Sutton Bassett, Foxton and Thorpe Langton.
Anglo-Saxon origins
The village was included in the Domesday Book, under the name 'Bugedone' and was worth 40 shillings per year to the King. 'Bugedone', is a combination of the Old English female personal name 'Bucga' and the word 'dun' (meaning 'a hill, a flat-topped hill, an open upland expanse').[2] It is one of the older villages in Leicestershire since it has Anglo-Saxon origins (it is older than the much larger market town of Market Harborough, which lies nearby). Great Bowden was the centre of a large soke, which is known to have existed during the time of Edward the Confessor.[3]
Parish
The Great Bowden parish included Market Harborough and parts of St Mary in Arden.[4] In 1613, St Mary in Arden was unified with Market Harborough[5] Market Harborough was a separate parish by 1881.[4] The first mention of a parish church in Great Bowden was in 1220[4] St Peter and St Paul, the current parish church, includes features from the 13th century, but it was considerably altered in the 15th century.[4] In 1886-7 the building was restored by Talbot Brown and Fisher architects of Wellingborough.[4] The churchyard contain gravestones that date from the 17th Century.[6]
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Education
The National school was built adjoining the parish church in 1839.,[4] and opened on the 2 December 1839,[6] In 1930, it became solely a primary school and older children were educated in Market Harborough.[4] The National school building remained in use until the school relocated to Gunnsbrook Close in 1983.[7] On the 1 July 2012 the school became an academy[7]
Listed buildings
There are 73 listed buildings and structures.[6]
Site of scientific interest
Great Bowden Borrowpit is a 2.4 hectare site of special scientific interest.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Offivce for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Bourne, Jill (2003). Understanding Leicestershire & Rutland Place Names. Wymeswold: Heart of Albion Press. ISBN 1-872883-71-0.
- ^ "Victoria County History, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5, Great Bowden". Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Great Bowden | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "St Mary in Arden". specialcollections.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "The List Search Results for Great bowden | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Parents Handbook 2017 to 18" (PDF). Great Bowden Academy: A Church of England Primary School. 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2020.