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Aldwincle is a village in the east of the county of Northamptonshire,
England.
It is on a bend of the River Nene not far from Thrapston.
In 1879, two ecclesiastical parishes, Aldwinkle All Saints and Aldwinkle
St Peter merged after the parish church of the former was declared redundant
in 1971 and there is a small primary school, Aldwincle Trinity which was
opened 5 years before that.
It is thought that the name of Aldwincle, which was pronounced 'Aldewincla'
at the time of the Doomsday survey, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word
'WIncel', which means a corner.
Since it is situated to the west of where the RIver Nene takes a sharp
bend, the name 'Old Corner' seems quite appropriate.
However, it is thought to have belonged at one time to an old warrior
by the name of Ealda, so it could quite easily have been known as his
corner.
But whatever the reason, it was certainly a thriving little community
in medieval times.
It then consisted of two parishes with separate churches, two rectories
and two manors, one belonging to the Abeey of Peterborough.
