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((Distinguish|Woodford, Northamptonshire))
((Use dmy dates|date=March 2014))
((Use British English|date=March 2014))
((infobox UK place
|official_name= Woodford Halse
|static_image_name= St Mary the Virgin's, Woodford Halse - geograph.org.uk - 143070.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Mary the Virgin parish church
|coordinates = ((coord|52.171|-1.207|display=inline,title))
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|label_position= bottom
|civil_parish= [[Woodford cum Membris]]
|unitary_england=          [[West Northamptonshire]]
|lieutenancy_england=            [[Northamptonshire]]
|region= East Midlands
|country= England
|constituency_westminster= [[Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)|Daventry]]
|postcode_area= NN
|postcode_district= NN11
|post_town= [[Daventry]]
|dial_code= 01327
|website= [http://www.woodfordcummembris-pc.gov.uk/ Woodford cum Membris]
))

'''Woodford Halse''' is a village about ((convert|6.5|mi)) south of [[Daventry]] in [[Northamptonshire]]. It is in the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Woodford cum Membris]], which includes also village of [[Hinton, Northamptonshire|Hinton]] and hamlet of [[West Farndon]]. Hinton and Woodford Halse are separated by the infant [[River Cherwell]] and the former course of the [[Great Central Main Line]] railway. The village was formerly served by the [[Great Central Railway]], which provided significant local employment, including [[Woodford Halse railway station]] which opened in 1899 and closed in 1966.

==Churches==
The earliest parts of the [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Saint Mary the Virgin]] include the [[chancel]], west tower and south doorway, which date from about 1300.<ref name=Pevsner468>((harvnb|Pevsner|Cherry|1973|p=468))</ref> The [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]] of the south [[Aisle#Architecture|aisle]] is 14th or 15th century.<ref name=Pevsner468/>

St Mary's has a [[Change ringing|ring]] of six bells plus a [[Church bell#Types|sanctus bell]].<ref name=Dove>((cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Woodford+Halse&DoveID=WOODFORDHA |title=Woodford Halse S Mary V |last=Baldwin |first=John |date=16 April 2007 |work=[[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers]] |publisher=[[Central Council of Church Bell Ringers]] |access-date=11 July 2011))</ref> One of the Watts family of [[Bellfounding|bell-founders]], who had foundries in [[Bedford]] and [[Leicester]],<ref>((cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.php |title=Bell Founders |author=Dovemaster |date=31 October 2012 |work=[[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers]] |publisher=[[Central Council of Church Bell Ringers]] |access-date=11 July 2011))</ref> cast four of the bells including the tenor in 1613.<ref name=Dove/> [[John Taylor & Co]] of [[Loughborough]] cast a fifth in 1909 and the present treble in 1976.<ref name=Dove/>

St. Mary's parish is a member of the [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]] of Woodford Halse with [[Eydon]], [[Byfield, Northamptonshire]], [[Aston Le Walls]] and [[Boddington, Northamptonshire]].<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=28/007BT |title=Benefice of Aston Le Walls, Byfield Boddington, Eydon & Woodford Halse|author=Archbishops' Council|author-link=Archbishops' Council|year=2010 |work=A Church Near You |publisher=[[Church of England]] |access-date=21 Nov 2016))</ref>

Woodford Halse has also a [[Moravian Church]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.moravian.org.uk/pages/congregations/woodford.html |title=Woodford Halse Moravian Church |publisher=The Moravian Church in the British Province |access-date=11 July 2011))
</ref>

==Economic history==
((More citations needed section|date=July 2011))
A flight of four [[lynchet]]s survive south of the village: a rare survival in Northamptonshire.((sfn|RCHME|1981|pp=201–204)) In 1758 the [[open field system]] of farming around Woodford Halse was ended by [[Enclosure#Parliamentary Inclosure Acts|enclosure]].<ref name=Lewis>((harvnb|Lewis|1848|pp=652–654))</ref> The [[ridge and furrow]] pattern of the common fields is visible in parts of the parish, and especially just south of the village. [[Allotment (gardening)#United Kingdom|Allotments]] northeast of the village are laid out along the ridges and furrows, and follow their uneven widths and reverse S-curve.((sfn|RCHME|1981|pp=201–204))

In 1848 Woodford Halse's principal landowners included [[Dryden baronets#Dryden baronets, of Canons-Ashby (1795)|Sir Henry E.L. Dryden, 7th Baronet]] and [[Knightley baronets#Knightley baronets, of Fawsley (1798)|Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet]].<ref name=Lewis/>

===Railway===
((Seealso|Woodford Halse railway station))
In July 1873 the [[East and West Junction Railway]] (later part of the [[Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway]]) was opened through the parish. The line passed just over ((convert|1/2|mi|m|adj=on)) south of the village but the nearest station on the line was at ((rws|Byfield)) almost ((convert|2|mi|0)) away.

On 15 March 1899 the [[Great Central Railway]] (GCR) opened its main line from ((rws|Nottingham Victoria)) to [[Marylebone railway station|London Marylebone]] through the parish, using the valley of the River Cherwell to pass between Woodford Halse and Hinton. The GCR established a new station called [[Woodford Halse railway station|Woodford & Hinton]],<ref name=Butt>((Butt-Stations |page=254))</ref> a four-way railway junction, a major locomotive depot and extensive marshalling yards. A plan to build carriage sheds here was not implemented, but between the old village and the new railway several rows of terraced houses for railway workers were built, together with a street of shops.

The Railway Hotel was built in 1900.<ref name=Pevsner469>((harvnb|Pevsner|Cherry|1973|p=469))</ref> By 1973 it had become Woodford Halse Social Club.<ref name=Pevsner469/>

The parish's population eventually((When|date=July 2011)) peaked at just under 2,000, at which time the village had its own cinema.((When|date=July 2011)) The GCR main line was at times((When|date=July 2011)) a busy route and the depot and yards at Woodford Halse were very active.

[[British Rail]]ways renamed the station Woodford Halse on 1 November 1948.<ref name=Butt/> Following the 1963 ''[[Beeching cuts|The Reshaping of British Railways]]'' report, BR closed the station, the main line and the Banbury branch of the former GCR on 5 September 1966.<ref name=Butt/> All tracks and most railway buildings were dismantled. The population fell sharply as former railway workers left the parish, but new developments in later decades have since increased it. Where the GCR's line, depot and yards were sited is now a [[tree plantation]] which was acquired by the Parish Council in 2016 as a public amenity space and a small modern industrial estate, but evidence of the railway is still visible.

Currently, public transport serving Woodford Halse consists of an hourly bus between [[Banbury]] and Daventry, operated by [[Stagecoach Oxfordshire]].

==Amenities==
[[File:Woodford Halse - geograph.org.uk - 185655.jpg|thumb|Woodford Halse fire station]]
Woodford Halse Church of England Primary School serves the parish.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.woodfordhalse.northants.sch.uk/|title=Welcome to Woodford Halse CE School Website|website=www.woodfordhalse.northants.sch.uk|access-date=20 October 2019))</ref> The school has one of the largest playing fields of any Northamptonshire school and holds an annual cross-country race, attracting over 700 competitors from more than thirty schools. The village has several shops and businesses. [[Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service]] has a fire station at Woodford Halse, staffed by [[retained firefighter]]s. The village's regular social events include the Annual Christmas Street Fair and Summer Boat Races.

==Sport and leisure==
Woodford Halse has a [[non-League football]] club, [[Woodford United F.C.]], which plays at Byfield Road.

==References==
((Reflist))

==Sources and further reading==
*((cite book |last1=Irons |first1=Ruth |last2=Jenkins |first2=Stanley C. |year=1999 |title=Woodford Halse: A Railway Community |series=Oakwood Reminiscences |number=RS6 |location=Usk |publisher=Oakwood Press |isbn=0-85361-529-2 ))
*((cite book |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=Samuel |editor-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |year=1848 |location=London |publisher=[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis & Co]] |pages=652–654 ))
*((cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget |year=1973 |orig-year=1961 |title=Northamptonshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071022-1 |pages=468–469 ))
*((cite book |editor=RCHME |editor-link=Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England |year=1981 |title=An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire |volume=3, Archaeological Sites in North-West Northamptonshire |place=London |publisher=[[The Stationery Office|Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |pages=201–204 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol3/pp201-204 ))

==External links==
((commons category-inline))
* [http://www.woodford-halse-villagesignpost.co.uk/ Woodford cum Membris]

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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]
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