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Southwick Hall, Northamptonshire

Southwick Hall, at Southwick (pron "Suth-ick"), N of Oundle, Northamptonshire.
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Southwick Hall.
Street view from the road to the S.
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See street view of entrance.

Knyvet

The Knyvet family are found in Southwick in 1194.
Southwick Hall was built in early 1300s by Knyvet.
It was known as "Knyvet's Place".

Lynne

Southwick Hall was inherited by John Lynne through marriage. Possibly in 1442. Certainly by 1486.
George Lynne (buried in 1593) re-built the South Wing.
It was inherited by his son George Lynne (buried in 1617).
His son George Lynne (died 1606) lived there but died before his father.
It was inherited by the grandson George Lynne (died c.1672).
Surname later tended to be spelled "Lynn".

The last male Lynn at Southwick Hall was George Lynn, who died 1758.
Southwick Hall was then inherited by his sister Martha Lynn, who married Rev. Francis Broade and had no issue. She died 1796.
In 1796, Lynn descendants Johnson inherited Southwick Hall from Martha Lynn, widow of Rev. Francis Broade.

Capron

Southwick Hall was purchased by the Capron family in 1840.
The Capron family still own it and live there.
It is open to the public.
See CAPRON OF SOUTHWICK HALL in [Burkes LG].

Southwick Hall.
From 1885 map.

Southwick Hall.
Satellite view from here.

Plan of Southwick Hall.
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From [VCH, Northamptonshire, 1906].

Southwick Hall. The S front. Photo c.1905.
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From [VCH, Northamptonshire, 1906].

Postcard of Southwick Hall.
For sale here.

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Modern pictures

Southwick Hall.
Photo 2005. From geograph.

Southwick Hall.
Photo 2006 by R. Neil Marshman.
See full size. From here.

Southwick Hall.
Photo 2014 by Ben Keating. Creative Commons.
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Videos

Drone footage of Southwick Hall.
From Ken Brann Photography.
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Sources yet to be consulted

• SOUTHWICK in [VCH, Northamptonshire]
  • See pp.591-595 of 1906 edn.

• Southwick in Volume 6, Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire, in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, RCHME, 1984.

• "Knyvett Place?" Article in Issue 45 of Oundle Life, July 2024.

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• Southwick
• Southwick in GENUKI.
• Southwick Hall site.

• Southwick Hall photos:
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Pictures of England.