Faxton - The Lost Village
The story of a Northamptonshire rural
community that time swept away.

by

BRYAN HOLDEN

For almost one thousand years the Northamptonshire village of Faxton was a thriving rural community. At its zenith it supported a population just short of 100 souls.

Bryan Holden tells the story of the village and the lives of its inhabitants in a well-researched and, at times an emotive manner, supported by an abundance of vintage photographs and comments and insights from some of the former villagers.

The story of Faxton is set against a colourful historical tapestry:

• The Black Death that almost wiped out the entire village
• Royalist troops over-nighting before the ill-starred battle of Naseby
• The murder of Judge Nicholls, assizes judge and Lord of the Manor of Faxton
• Tales of ghostly encounters; Cows that rang the church bells; the antics of the eccentric parson, father of Denys Watkins-Pitchford (aka 'BB') the celebrated author and illustrator.

Set well off the beaten track and marooned in wintry weather, Faxton's young folk migrated to the nearby towns where they found employment opportunities and a better standard of living. By the early 1940s Faxton's course had run its measure.

Today, a single standing stone, with a brief inscription, marks the spot where once stood the quaint old church of St Denys. Green fields of corn sprout between myriad shards of brick and tile that litter the grounds - the flotsam and jetsam of a lost world.

Faxton - The Lost Village is limited to just 950 clothbound copies and 50 deluxe leatherbound in slipcase. All copies numbered and signed by the author.