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Ringstead is a small village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, forming part of the East Northamptonshire district. It is located approximately 15 miles north-east of Northampton. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 1,461 people.〔(Office for National Statistics: Ringstead CP: Parish headcounts ). Retrieved 15th July 2015〕 The local primary school is situated next to St Mary's church, which is host to the Ringstead flower festival. ==History== Ringstead was the birthplace of: *William Tuttle, who settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1636. His descendants number in the tens of thousands today. Notable among them are: Ernest Hemingway, Bob Newhart, Sinclair Lewis, Humphrey Bogart, Winston Churchill, Gerald Ford, Lester B. Pearson, Jonathan Edwards, O. Henry, Margaret Warner, Drew Gilpin Faust, Norman Rockwell & Annette Bening *Alfred Roberts, the father of Margaret Thatcher. According to tradition, the entrance to St Mary's churchyard has been haunted by the ghost of a village girl, Lydia Atley, who disappeared in 1850. What were thought to be her skeletal remains were unearthed in 1864 in a local orchard; the village butcher, Weekly Ball, was tried for Lydia's murder but acquitted because it proved impossible to conclusively identify the skeleton as that of the missing girl.〔Codd, Daniel. ''Mysterious Northamptonshire'' (2009). Breedon Books Publishing Company. p.28. ISBN 9781859836811.〕 During the 1980s, major sand and gravel excavations took place all around Ringstead leaving many man-made lakes and islands. In 2007, Ringstead, Hargrave, Raunds and Stanwick were legally united as "The 4 Spires Benefice", with each village retaining its own church. 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「Ringstead, Northamptonshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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