Brixworth
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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.
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- Locality
- Northampton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 5,228
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Brixworth
- UK place.static_image_name
- Brixworth_Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- All Saints' Church, Brixworth
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP7470
- UK place.population
- 5162
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census) 5,228 (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Brixworth
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Daventry
- UK place.post_town
- Northampton
- UK place.postcode_district
- NN6
- UK place.postcode_area
- NN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01604
- UK place.website
- Brixworth Online
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- The church
- Chartism
- Poor Law Union
- The railway
- Iron ore quarrying
- Village development
- Notable buildings
- Brixworth Hall
- Churches
- School
- Clubs and amenities
- Wind farm
- Notes
- References
- External links
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.
==Location== The village is about north of Northampton next to the A508 road, which now by-passes the village. It is about south of Market Harborough. About north of the village is a junction with the A14 road that runs between the M1 and M6 motorway interchange at Catthorpe east to Cambridge and the east coast port of Felixstowe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brixworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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