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Helmdon is a village and civil parish about north of Brackley in South Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the River Tove, which is flanked by meadows that separate the village into two. The parish includes the hamlets of Astwell and Falcutt and covers more than . The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 899.〔 ==Manor== Helmdon's toponym is derived from the Old English for "Helma's Valley". In the reign of Edward the Confessor two Saxons, Alwin and Godwin, held the manor "freely", ''i.e.'' without a feudal overlord. They were dispossessed after the Norman Conquest of England and the Domesday Book of 1086 records that Robert, Count of Mortain held a manor at ''"Elmedene"''.〔 In the 12th century on William de Torewelle (Turville) held the manor of ''"Helmendene"'' of the fee of Leicester. On both occasions the manor was assessed at four hides.〔 The toponym continued to evolve: in about 1340 it was recorded as ''Helmydene''.〔 William's descendants continued as the lesser lords of Helmdon until the 16th century. In 1317 Nicholas de Turville granted 97 acres at Helmdon to his daughter Sarah and her husband Robert Lovett. In 1562 George Lovett sold Helmdon to Lancelot Wilton of Brackley, who 16 months later sold it on to Magdalen College, Oxford.〔 The college remained Helmdon's largest landowner until at least the 18th century, by which time Worcester College, Oxford also held a significant estate in the parish.〔 Helmdon's main manor house, Overbury, seems to have been at the southern end of the village, south of the parish church.〔 Slight earthworks suggest the position of not only the manor house but also other houses and three former ponds〔 that may have been manorial fish ponds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helmdon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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