Potterspury
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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.
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- Locality
- Potterspury
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,453
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Potterspury
- UK place.population
- 1,453
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Northamptonshire
- UK place.post_town
- Towcester
- UK place.postcode_district
- NN12
- UK place.postcode_area
- NN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01908
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP7543
- UK place.static_image
- High Street, Potterspury 2007 - geograph.org.uk - 436921.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Narrow private access to the High Street, Potterspury from the A5
- UK place.mapframe
- yes
- UK place.mapframe zoom
- 11
- UK place.mapframe point
- on
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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.
The village's name is a concatenation. It was originally cognate with Perry and sometimes written as such, implying pear tree or orchard. Several places are named such regionally. The helpful (disambiguatory) prefix 'Potters', seen by the 15th century, is a nod to the very old, important potteries here. An alternative is "Estpury", seen in 1452.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Potterspury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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