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Northampton
Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is situated on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; the population of its overall urban area was recorded as 249,093 in the 2021 census. The parish of Northampton alone had 137,387.
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 main road which now bypasses Silverstone to the south and east. The village is also about south-southwest of Northampton, west-northwest of Milton Keynes, and east-northeast of Banbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,176.
Towcester
thumb|St Lawrence's Church, Towcester thumb|Watling Street, looking north thumb|Chantry House, Watling Street Towcester ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the South Northamptonshire district.
Brackley
Brackley is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It lies on the borders with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, east-south-east of Banbury, north-north-east of Oxford and south-west of Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham, the Midlands, Cambridge and Oxford. Brackley is close to Silverstone and home to the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. In 2021, the parish had a population of 16,195.
South Northamptonshire
former non-metropolitan district of Northamptonshire, England
Althorp
Althorp (popularly pronounced ) is a Grade I listed stately home and estate in the civil parish of Althorp, in West Northamptonshire, England of about . By road it is about northwest of the county town of Northampton and about northwest of central London, situated between the villages of Great Brington and Harlestone. It has been held by the Spencer family for more than 500 years, and has been owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer since 1992. It was also the home of Lady Diana Spencer (later Princess of Wales) from her parents' divorce until her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales (later
Naseby
Naseby is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 687.
Brixworth
Brixworth is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 5,162, increasing to 5,228 at the 2011 census. The village's All Saints' Church is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Long Buckby
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Daventry
former local government district of western Northamptonshire, England
Weedon Bec
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, UK
Stoke Bruerne
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Grafton Regis
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Ravensthorpe
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Sulgrave
Sulgrave is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, about north of Brackley. The village is just south of a stream that rises in the parish and flows east to join the River Tove, a tributary of the Great Ouse.
Middleton Cheney
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Moulton
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, UK
Walgrave
Walgrave is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 822 people, increasing to 868 at the 2011 Census.
Yardley Gobion
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Yelvertoft
Yelvertoft is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 Census, the parish's population was 821, reducing to 764 at the 2011 Census, increasing again to 804 at the 2021 Census. thumb|The Old Gable thatched cottage, High Street Yelvertoft's main thoroughfare, called High Street, is approximately three quarters of a mile long, from the Parish Church of All Saints to the Village Hall. This linear street follows the course of an ancient Portway known as Salters Way. thumb|Knightley Arms pub, Yelvertoft
Badby
Badby is a village and a rural parish of about in West Northamptonshire, England.
Litchborough
Litchborough is a historic village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 300 people, increasing to 321 at the 2011 Census.
Yardley Hastings
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Newnham
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Eydon
Eydon is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about north-east of Banbury. The village is between 510 and above sea level on the east side of a hill, which rises to and is the highest point in the parish. The parish is bounded to the west by the River Cherwell, to the south by a stream that is one of its tributaries, and to the east and north by field boundaries.
Syresham
Syresham is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 855. It is near Brackley town and close to Silverstone Circuit. It is surrounded by villages and hamlets such as Biddlesden, Whitfield, Helmdon, Silverstone and Wappenham, and the border with Buckinghamshire lies just to the south of the village. The border itself is defined by the River Great Ouse, which rises within the parish. There are two small hamlets in the parish: Crowfield and Pimlico.
Pitsford
Pitsford is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is around north of Northampton. According to 2001 census, the parish's population was 636 people, increasing to 671 at the 2011 census.
Old Stratford
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Nether Heyford
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Guilsborough
Guilsborough is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 882 people, reducing to 692 at the 2011 Census.
Hellidon
Hellidon is a village and civil parish about south-west of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The parish area is about . It lies – above sea level on the north face of an ironstone ridge, its highest point, at Windmill Hill, being south-east of the village. The Leam and tributaries rise in the parish. The 2011 Census gave a population (with Lower and Upper Catesby) of 256, estimated at 286 in 2019. The long-distance Jurassic Way footpath linking Banbury, Oxfordshire, and Stamford, Lincolnshire, passes through. The origin of the name is unclear. "Holy Valley", "Haegla's Valley" and "Unstabl
Charwelton
Charwelton is a village and civil parish about south of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population (including Fawsley) as 220.
Potterspury
Potterspury is a populous village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The nearest main town is Milton Keynes, the centre of which is about 7 miles south-east. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population (including Furtho) was 1,453 people.
Scaldwell
Scaldwell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England.
Wicken
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Hinton-in-the-Hedges
Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, due west of the town of Brackley. West of the village is Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 179 people. It had decreased to 167 at the 2011 Census.
West Haddon
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
East Haddon
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Sibbertoft
Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population (including Sulby) was 343 people, increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census.
Greens Norton
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Adstone
Adstone is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2001 census was 65. It remained than 100 at the 2011 census and was included in the civil parish of Tiffield. Adstone is situated approximately south-southeast of Daventry and west-northwest of Towcester. It was known as Atenestone in the Domesday Book.
Hackleton
Hackleton is a village in West Northamptonshire, England, just north of Buckinghamshire. It is south of Northampton town centre, and by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15 and north of junction 14. London is south via junction 14 and southeast of Birmingham via junction 15. It lies on the busy B526 road (former A50) from Northampton to Newport Pagnell, between Horton and Wootton. The parish area is about .
Rothersthorpe
Rothersthorpe is a small village of medieval origin, in West Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 500 in the 2001 Census, reducing to 472 at the 2011 census. It is from the town of Northampton.
Blakesley
Blakesley is a village in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is about west of Towcester. It is about above sea level according to Ordnance Survey. North-west of Blakesley, and now contiguous with it, is the hamlet of Quinbury End.
Maidford
Maidford is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in West Northamptonshire and the diocese of Peterborough situated about north-west of Towcester. The population at the 2011 census was 168. It was a centre of local Northamptonshire lace-making until the early 20th century.
Kislingbury
Kislingbury is a village in Northamptonshire, England, about west of Northampton town centre, and close to junctions 15A and 16 of the M1 motorway.
Everdon
Everdon is a village in West Northamptonshire in England, some south of Daventry. The population of the civil parish (including Little Everdon) at the 2011 census was 356.
Whitfield
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Barby
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Warkworth
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
West Northamptonshire
unitary district in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Whittlebury
Whittlebury is a village and civil parish in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire, close to its border with Buckinghamshire.
Braunston
Braunston is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, next to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,759. Braunston is situated just off the A45 main road and lies between the towns of Daventry and Rugby. Braunston is a hilltop village, most famous for its canal junction between the Oxford Canal and the Grand Union Canal, and associated marina.
Milton Malsor
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK
Radstone
Radstone is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about north of Brackley. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 54. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Whitfield.
Wappenham
Wappenham is a linear village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is south-west of Towcester, north of Syresham and north-west of Silverstone and forms part of West Northamptonshire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 266 people, increasing to 294 at the 2011 Census.
Marston St. Lawrence
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Gayton
village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England
Creaton
Creaton is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England.
Kilsby
Kilsby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated a short distance south of the border with Warwickshire, approximately southeast of Rugby. The parish of Kilsby, which includes Barby Nortoft, was estimated to have a population of 1,268 in 2020.