Cogenhoe
Coordinates: 52°14′11″N 0°47′36″W / 52.2365°N 0.7933°W
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 Cogenhoe
Cogenhoe shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 1,439 2001 Census 1,523 (2010 est)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP8260 |
| - London | 71 miles (114 km) |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN7 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Northampton South |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
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Cogenhoe (locally /ˈkʊknoʊ/)is a village in South Northamptonshire, England. The civil parish of Cogenhoe and Whiston had a population at the 2001 census of 1,439[2] (the 2010 estimated population is 1,523 - Cogenhoe 1,312; Whiston 211[1]).
The village of Cogenhoe (pronounced Cook-know) overlooks the valley of the River Nene and is some five miles (8 km) east of the county town, Northampton. Cogenhoe is situated on high ground overlooking the Nene Valley. It has grown into a large village with varied amenities including football, cricket and bowls clubs.
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[edit] History
People are believed to have lived at Cogenhoe for at least 4,000 years, one of the early settlements lying to the east of the village. Later on the Celts lived there. In the Roman period, a corn-drying kiln was built in the centre of the village and a villa estate developed out of an Iron Age settlement.
The Saxons lived to the west of St Peter's church and it was they who would have built its predecessor, probably from timber. After the Norman Conquest, the village was moved on to the steep slope where it remained until development took place along Church Street, probably in the 16th or 17th centuries. Station Road (the main road running through the village) began to evolve with the construction of houses built from bricks made in the Cogenhoe brickyard in the 19th century.
More recently (20th century), acres of orchards and open fields were replaced by housing; this is now known as Orchard Way, Glebe Road and St Peters Way.
From the mid-19th to the mid 20th centuries the village became dominated by the manufacture of boots and shoes. During the 1950s, the major employer was a local coach firm, York brothers. Cogenhoe is now largely a commuter village with most people working in Northampton or further afield due to its road links with the A45 and M1 motorway.
[edit] Sport
Despite Cogenhoe's size it manages to support a number of successful sporting ventures attracting players and members from across Northamptonshire.
[edit] Cogenhoe United Football Club
Their early days were not documented and are now obscure. Inter-village friendlies gradually led to membership of the now extinct Central Village League. A variety of pitches were used until in 1950 the first game, against Northampton Yeomanry, was played on the then new playing field. United ceased to exist after 1958, and re-formed for the 1967-8 season, competing in the Central Northants Football Combination. By 1978 the club had progressed from the Second Division into the Premier Division. In a six year period thirteen winners' and six runners-up trophies were won. Development of facilities became paramount for promotion into the United Counties Football League. A lease on 3.6 acres (15,000 m2) of agricultural land was obtained from the Marquis of Northampton. Compton Park was now on the map and purpose-built facilities were developed with a spectator stand and the team gained promotion into the UCFL for the season 1985-6.[3]
[edit] Cogenhoe Cricket Club
On Friday July 21, 1882 the Northampton Mercury reported that Yardley Hastings beat Cogenhoe C C by 11 runs, it was the first reported match played by the village and the beginning of 129 years of village cricket. Those 129 years have produced some exciting matches, seen life long friendships borne and contributed to the sense of community you can only find in a quintessential English village. In 1982 Tim Street produced the superb club centenary booklet which was full of information about the early days of the club and contains some fascinating facts on how the club was run then which we can compare with today’s running of the club. In 1891 club membership was 2/6 which is about 25 pence, today it is £10, something our current Treasurer will no doubt be casting an eye over. In 1891 the club had two contributions from Vice-Presidents which totaled Twenty Three Shillings, today the club are superbly supported by over 20 Vice-Presidents and over 15 sponsors whose generosity every year means the club can continue not just to exist but grow. Home to Cogenhoe Cricket Club is Compton Park on the outskirts of the village on the Brafield Road. The club sub-lets the playing area from the football club who in turn lease the field from Compton Estates of Castle Ashby. This has been the clubs home since 1998. In early times the club has played at Billing Aquadrome, various fields around the village and before Compton Park the village playing field. Up to 1968 Cogenhoe only competed in friendly fixtures, then under the guidance and driving force of David Welch, the club decided to lay a concrete wicket and join the town league. The club joined section three of the town league in 1968 and despite losing their first fixture away to Avon Cosmetics II at the racecourse on April 27, they bounced back the next week in some style against Y M C A “B” with David Bliss 129* and Terry Tarpley 76, sharing in a second wicket stand of 212, a club record that stood for 35 years. The season ended with the club finishing in second place and promotion to section two. Over the following years Cogenhoe were promoted and relegated on numerous occasions between the top three leagues before in 1998 seeking the challenge of the Northants Alliance League and then the Northants Cricket League, where they now play in Division Seven. A second XI was set up in 1976 and ran until 1981 in the town league. The seconds reappeared in 1992 and remained in the town league until 1998 when they too joined the Alliance and now play in Division Twelve of the NCL. Like many clubs Cogenhoe has had its shares of ups and downs but the strength of a village club like Cogenhoe is its history and tradition, we may not be the best cricket club in the county but we are one of the friendliest, who always try to play the game in the right manner win or lose. We have had a few famous names play for us as well as produce some excellent club cricketers whose talents would have been welcomed at a higher level but who chose to stay loyal to their village and their club. Our most famous son is Mal Loye who played for the club as a teenager in the Eighties before going on to greater things with Northants, Lancashire and England. Peter Lee also of Northants and Lancashire played for the club in 1991/ 92 and helped the club to reach its highest ever town league finish in 1991 second behind the mighty United Social. Peter is also fondly remembered for his 5 wickets in 5 balls against Bugbrooke St Michaels in 1992. George Thompson played for the club and Northants and England in the early 1900's, indeed George joined the club as a junior in 1891 paying 1/6 on August 10 to become a junior member of the club. While those names may be known to cricket watchers, the strength of a village club like ours is the loyalty shown by players who have played for the club for years through thick and thin, from Les Robjohns, Bob Sketchley, Tim Street and Terry Tarpley in the sixties and seventies who were followed by Dave Foley, Albert Irons, Pat Loye, Tot Manning, Jason Roberts, Chris Mason and Phil Whiteman. Dave Evans, Shaun Roberts and Nobby Wykes through the eighties and nineties leading on to today and Danny McLaughlin, Gareth Goddard and Matt Irons. Today the club is as healthy as it has ever been. Two senior sides, a midweek XI and a junior under 11's. The juniors play an important part in the clubs development while we do see some talented youngsters leave the club for the bright lights and better standard of cricket a larger club can provide, the youth system has produced some very talented cricketers for our club. Indeed the club could quite easily play a first XI all aged under 30 and of a good standard, which in this day and age for a small village is quite something.[4 In 2010 the club had a fantastic year which saw the first team finish as runners up in Division 8 of the Northants Cricket League, we also gain success at the league awards. Our groundsmen Peter Cox and Charlie Bryant picked up the ground award for divisions 8 to 13, Our website, Facebook page, play-cricket reports and Parish Magazine articles won the club the prestigious Ian Davidson Memorial Trophy for best promotion of a club via the media, whilst Ashley Davis picked up one of the young bowlers of the year awards for his excellent 28 wickets for our seconds. Ashley was just 14 at the time and a leg spinner to boot.In 2011 the first team again finished as runners up this time in Division 7 but the biggest result the club had in 2011 was being awarded Clubmark status in October. In 2012 Cogenhoe`s first team will be skippered by Dan McLaughlin and will play their cricket in Division 6 of the Northants Cricket League, whilst the second Eleven will be captained by Ryan Knight and will compete in Division 12 of the NCL. More information about Cogenhoe Cricket Club can be obtained by visiting the clubs award winning website www.cogenhoecc.co.uk Below are a selected number of club records, these records are for league games only and include all games played from 1968 to 2011inclusive.
CLUB HONOURS - LEAGUE WINNERS - 1989 - Town League Section 2, 1993 - Town League Section 2, 1997 - Town League Section 2, 1998 - Alliance League Division 4 North.
LEAGUE RUNNERS UP - 1968 - Town League Section 3, 1973 - Town League Section 2, 1976 - Town League Section 2, 1978 - Town League Section 2, 1988 - Town League Section 3, 1991 - Town League Section 1, 1995 - Town League Section 4 ( second XI ) 2010 - NCL Division 8 , 2011 – NCL Division 7
F G Watts Under 13 `s League Winners'''' – 2001
Garnett Cup - Runners Up – 1990
Clubmark - 2011
Ian Davidson Memorial Trophy Winners - 2010
NCL Best Ground Award - 2004 & 2010
MOST APPEARANCES - 332 - Dave Foley - 1978 - 2007, 319 - Chris Mason - 1978 - present, 313 - Jason Roberts - 1981 - present, 293 - Daniel McLaughlin - 1977 - present, 243 - Phil Whiteman - 1977 - present, 233 - Albert Irons - 1983 - 2005, 203 - Pat Loye - 1975 - 1993, 201 - Steve Cox - 1987 - present, 195 - Paul Hargreaves - 1987 - 2005, 194 - Matt Irons - 1992 - present.
MOST LEAGUE RUNS SCORED – 8 113 - Jason Roberts, 7 438 - Daniel McLaughlin, 4 265 - Leigh Woodward, 3 809 - Les Robjohns, 3 586 - Phil Whiteman, 3 466 - Paul Hargreaves, 3 397 - Dave Evans, 3 246 - Dave Foley, 3 110 - Gareth Goddard, 3 062 - Pat Loye.
MOST LEAGUE WICKETS - 476 - Dave Foley, 400 - Albert Irons, 320 - Daniel McLaughlin, 299 – Chris Mason, 277 – Matt Irons, 205 - Jason Roberts, 197 - Les Robjohns, 179 – Alex Harvey-Jones,164 - Simon Love, 155 - Tom Smyth & Tony Bird
LEAGUE CENTURIES SCORED 1968 to 2011 - 56 - 15 - Jason Roberts 14 - Daniel McLaughlin, 6 - Leigh Woodward, 3 - Les Robjohns, & Ryan Knight 2 - Wayne Gardner, Gareth Goddard, Matt Golby & Phil Whiteman, 1 - David Bliss,Paul Browning, Paul Hargreaves, Piron James, Liam Knight, Peter Lea & Tony Manning.
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE SCORE - 163 - Jason Roberts v Kettering Town III - 4/7/2009
BEST LEAGUE BOWLING - 13.5 - 7 - 23 - 9 Shaun Roberts v Prims XLCR - 6/5/89, 10.5 - 0 - 28 - 9 Les Robjohns v Prims XLCR II - 24/8/68
FIRST TEAM LEAGUE RECORDS'
MOST RUNS IN A SEASON' - Jason Roberts 792 in 1991
MOST WICKETS IN A SEASON - Dave Foley - 51 in 1985
HIGHEST TEAM TOTAL - 371 - 8 v Irchester II - 2004
LOWEST TEAM TOTAL - 25 all out v Queens Park Working Mens Club - 1986
HIGHEST OPPOSITION TOTAL - 294 - 4 Kislingbury Temperance - 1994, 294 - 4 Kibworth III - 2008
LOWEST OPPOSITION TOTAL - 21 all out - Kingsthorpe Baptists - 1969
SECOND TEAM RECORDS'
MOST RUNS IN A SEASON' - Dave Evans 640 in 1995
MOST WICKETS IN A SEASON - Albert Irons - 39 in 1995
HIGHEST TEAM TOTAL - 315 - 4 v Kettering Town III - 2009
LOWEST TEAM TOTAL - 24 all out - Temperance II - 1980
HIGHEST OPPOSITION TOTAL - 504 - 5 St Andrews - 2006
LOWEST OPPOSITION TOTAL - 16 all out - Compton – 1977
[edit] Cogenhoe Bowls Club
The village also hosts a thriving mixed Club, with approximately 70 members.
[edit] Notable residents
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves lived for a number of years at the Old Rectory[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. pp. 39.
- ^ Office for National Statistics: South Northamptonshire Retrieved 8 November 2009
- ^ Cogenhoe United FC official website
- ^ Northampton Chronicle & Echo 16 January 2009
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