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Northborough is a small village and civil parish near the city of Peterborough in the East of England.〔In some old publications the village is described as Narborough in Northamptonshire. See for example Mark Noble, ''Memoirs of several persons and families who, by femails are allied to, or descended from the Protectorate-House of Cromwell ...'' Volume II, Birmingham, Printed by Pearson and Rollanson, 1784. "Chapter 24 John Cleypole, Esq". (p. 249 ))〕 It has a pub, a shop, a school and a small castle. Northborough is around seven or eight miles practically due north of Peterborough. The place-name 'Northborough' is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 656, where it appears as ''Northburh''. In an Assize Roll of 1202 it appears as ''Norburg''. The name means 'northern ''burg'' or fortified settlement'.〔Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.343.〕 Northborough Manor House is a fortified manor house, largely built by Roger de Norburgh in the early fourteenth century. A short way away is the parish church of St. Andrew, of which the original Norman sections date back to the late twelfth century.〔(St Andrew’s, Northborough Church ) Hidden Heritage (retrieved 19 December 2009)〕 After the restoration of the monarchy Elizabeth Cromwell, widow of Oliver, lived with John Claypole (her son in law) and is said to be buried in this church. However there is no grave-stone or marker to be seen.〔''Notes and queries'', Oxford University Press, 1861. (p. 372 )〕 The village underwent its largest change in the 1970s, when it expanded hugely with the building of the new estate, increasing the population of the village many times over. Northborough also has a small primary school, which also takes children from other neighbouring villages, such as Maxey and Peakirk. Until relatively recently, the school was housed in the School House, almost opposite the manor along the Lincoln Road. Then, as the village grew, it moved to a new, larger and better equipped site. The school benefits from a large field and adjoining orchard. Northborough School has a pond in the orchard.The pond has loads of wildlife in it. Northborough school used to be a farm. ==References== 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「Northborough, Cambridgeshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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