Spinney Hill

This article is about Spinney Hill in Northamptonshire. For other places with similar names, see Spinney Hills (disambiguation).

Spinney Hill is an area of Northampton, England, to the north of the town, in the Parklands ward. It is bordered by a semi-wild park area called Bradlaugh Fields, another more traditional park, allotments and a residential area.

Spinney Hill
Spinney Hill Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP772630
District	Northampton
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTHAMPTON
Postcode district	NN3
Dialling code	01604
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Northampton North
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.260°N 0.870°W / 52.260; -0.870

Amenities include shops, a pub (called "The Spinney Hill"), Northampton School for Girls, a comprehensive secondary school with academy status, and primary and nursery schools.^[1]

The Post Office has relocated to Sweet Machine on Churchill Avenue.^[2]

The population is included in the Eastfield ward of Northampton Council.

History

Sir Philip Manfield (1819 -99), shoe manufacturer, had a substantial neo-Jacobean stone mansion built off Kettering Road for himself and his family between 1899 and 1902. ^[3] This was originally known as Weston Favell House. James Mansfield gave the house for a hospital in 1924 and it opened as a "hospital for crippled children" in 1925. Later, it became an orthopaedic hospital for all ages, closing in 1992. The main building was converted in the early 2000s into apartments and renamed "Manfield Grange".^[4][5]

The Spinney Hill pub was built in 1936 by the Northampton Brewery Company. From 1937 until 1947 their tenants were Bertha Wilmott, a singing star of variety theatre and radio, and her husband Reg Seymour. At that time it was a hotel offering accommodation and a famous hotel guest in 1943 was Hollywood film star Clark Gable, while he was a captain in the US army.^[6][7]

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4. Ingram, Mike (2020). Northampton 5,000 years of history. Northampton: Northampton Tours Publications. p. 263. ISBN 9798579592910.
5. Corps, Julia (30 January 2019). "Northampton Boot and Shoe Philanthropists: James Manfield". Northamptonshire Health Charity. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
6. Coleman, Richard; Rajczonek, Joe (1995). Northampton: Welcome to the past. Part Two. People and places. Wellingborough: WD Wharton. p. 90. ISBN 0-9518557-8-6.
7. Knibb, Dave (2019). Last Orders:A history and directory of Northampton Pubs and Inns trading before 1945. Northampton: Dave Knibb. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-5272-3882-4.