An Evening at Wroxton

I have just spent an evening in the beautiful grounds of Wroxton Abbey near to Banbury (pictured above). Since the mid sixties the abbey has been an overseas campus of Farleigh Dickinson University. As a 17th century Jacobean manor house built on the foundations of a 13th century Augustinian priory, it has quite a history.

It was actually the home of Frederick, Lord North who was Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. He was elected unopposed as the MP for Banbury constituency at the age of 22.  I therefore have something in common  - having stood as a parliamentary candidate in the same constituency in 2005 (admittedly less successfully!).