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Padworth proper is around the little [[Norman architecture|Norman]] church and the old [[manor house]], from 1748 home of the Darby-Griffith family but in the 20th century converted into [[Padworth College]], an independent co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 13–19.

The [[Inclosure Acts|inclosure]] of the [[common land]] at Padworth was by its Private Act of Parliament of 1811 under the established limited compensatory procedures of the time.<ref name=bh/>

The Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist is aisleless and built about 1130 with two three-light [[Tudor period]] ornately carved windows and with its vestry and porch having been added in 1890. A smaller tudorTudor window is pictured above, with two lights on the south-east square tower façade, above the font, which does not have the entrance. The roof of the nave was largely replaced in the 19th century.<ref name=bh/> Rare features include the Norman chancel arch and north and south doorways, the semi-domed apse and the 18th-century monuments.<ref>[[John Betjeman|Betjeman, John]], ed. (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South''. London: Collins; p. 114</ref> It is [[listed building|listed in the top category of listed building, Grade I]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1155386|accessdate=10 December 2014}}</ref>

The church's [[advowson]] was from [[Pamber Priory|Priory of Monk Sherborne (Pamber Priory)]] by the year 1291 when various of its tithes and donations provided the Prior's pension.<ref name=bh/> Upon the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] the advowson was exercised by the Crown until the 19th century. A parish [[rentcharge]] totalling £250 in 1848 was received by the rector, the parishioners [[tithe|having commutated the tithes]]; the parish [[glebe]] stood at {{convert|28|acres|km2}}.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp525-530 'Padfield'] A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)]] (London, 1848), pp. 525–530. Accessed 10 December 2014.</ref> By 1923 the rector's patron was the [[Lord Chancellor]].<ref name=bh/>