Hornoy-the-Borough

Hornoy-the-Borough is a common French, located in the department of the Somme and the area Picardy.

Geography

History

The important current surface of the commune recovers the territory of several old seigniories:

that of Hornoy which was a châtellenie,
two seigniories of Boisrault of which one belonged to the abbey of Selincourt,
that of Gouy-l' Hôpital which belonged to hospital of Midsummer's Day of Jerusalem from where its name,
that of Lincheux which concerned Pitch Picquigny then like that of Hallivillers,
that of concerning Orival Aumale,
that of concerning Pitch Selincourt and where was the abbey of the Holy-Tear founded by happy Milon bishop of Thérouanne in 1131,
those of Tronchoy and concerning Bezencourt Hornoy
and the important seigniory of Boulainvillers which depended on Airaines.

Occupied at the time Gallo-Roman, the ground of Hornoy given by Pip the Brief to the abbey of Saint-Denis, devastated by the Norman ones, plundered in 1416 and 1432, accepted from Louis XI the granting of fairs and markets.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Civil architecture :

Castle of Hornoy* 1780 built by Head, out of brick: plan massed with central rotunda with zenith lighting. Brick manor 16th with not-of-sparrow pinions.
Castle of Selincourt* 1734 out of brick and stone: rectangular main building flanked of 2 wings in weak projection and central fore-part with 3 sides, staircase with wrought iron slope 18th, vault, commun runs, old house of the intendant; park having preserved its layout 18th.
Castle of Bezencourt beginning 18th very restored after 1945.
Market out of wooden of time Charles IX, rebuilt close to the church: old part including/understanding 12 spans of 29 posts (IMH).

crowned Architecture :

Church of the Assumption-of-the-Holy-Virgin 16th with Hornoy.
Saint Martin's day Church 16th in Boisrault.
Church of the Assumption-of-the-Holy-Virgin with Gouy.
Saint-Pierre Church 16th in Lincheux.
Church of the Decapitation-of-St-Jean-Baptist with Hallivillers.
Saint Martin's day Church in Orival.
Church of the Assumption-of-the-Holy-Virgin 19th with Selincourt.
Saint-Pierre Church 19th in Tronchoy.
Vault of Boulainvillers.
Ruins of the abbey of the Holy-Tear with Selincourt (disappeared in 1790).

prehistoric Vestiges and antiques : Fanum. With Lincheux, Gallo-Roman villa, circles.

Personalities related to the commune

the countess of Dompierre d' Hornoy, marchioness of Florian, born Marie-Elisabeth Mignot, niece of Voltaire, died in 1771 and buried in Hornoy. Its monument: # Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, which knew Voltaire by the countess, marries in second weddings of his/her uncle the marquis de Florian and who often remained at it in Hornoy.

Local life

Fair: 3rd dim. Nov. local Fair: dim. after 14/7.

See too

Common of the Sum
List of French churches to campenard

External bonds

Hornoy-the-Borough on the site of the national geographical Institute
Hornoy-the-Borough on the site of INSEE
Hornoy-the-Borough on the site of Quid
Localization of Hornoy-the-Borough on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Hornoy-the-Borough on Mapquest

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