open field system of farming that prevailed in the parish until 1767, when Parliament passed the Inclosure Act for Sulgrave. John and Mary Hodges founded Sulgrave school in the early 18th century as a charity school for poor boys of the parish. The school building, at the corner of Magpie Road and Stockwell Lane, is a stone building which according to its date stone was completed in 1720. It was probably remodelled in the 19th century. It is now the village hall. A water mill on the stream just north of the village was built in the 18th century and enlarged in the 19th century. In 1788 the miller was a John Brockliss, who ordered machinery from Boulton and Watt. The mill is now a private house but is said to retain an iron mill-wheel made in about 1840. The mill-pond survives. There was a tower mill about northwest of the village. By the 1970s it was derelict but the tower has since been restored as part of a private house. The parish stocks survive. They are on The Green, at the junction of Magpie Road and Park Lane, and are probably 19th century. Railways In 1872 the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway was opened between and . It passed roughly east–west through Greatworth parish about south of Sulgrave, and its nearest station was at Helmdon about away. In 1910 it became part of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR). In the 1899 the Great Central Main Line to was built through the east of Sulgrave parish, passing about east of the manor house. The Great Central Railway opened its own station, causing confusion with the SMJR's existing Helmdon station. The London and North Eastern Railway succeeded the GC in 1923 and renamed the main line station "Helmdon for Sulgrave" in 1928. British Railways closed the SMJR station and line in 1951, the GC main line station 1963 and the GC main line in 1966. Amenities The Star Inn was built in the 18th century and is now a public house. Sulgrave Village Shop Association Limited (SVS) is an industrial and provident society, owned by the residents of Sulgrave, to run a shop and post office. Under its constitution, profits are not for distribution to its members but must be reinvested in the enterprise to continue and develop its services to the community. References Further reading External links Sulgrave