Flecknoe

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For the 17th-century poet and dramatist, see Richard Flecknoe.

Flecknoe
Flecknoe Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 678278.jpg
Flecknoe village hall
Flecknoe is located in Warwickshire
Flecknoe
Flecknoe
Location within Warwickshire
Population212 (2001)
OS grid referenceSP515635
Civil parish
District
  • Rugby
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRUGBY
Postcode districtCV23
Dialling code01788
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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Warwickshire
52°16′00″N 1°14′47″W / 52.266756°N 1.246452°W / 52.266756; -1.246452Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 1°14′47″W / 52.266756°N 1.246452°W / 52.266756; -1.246452

Flecknoe is a village in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, one mile west of the border with Northamptonshire. The village is the largest settlement within the civil parish of Wolfhampcote, and has a population of around 200. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Flachenho, probably meaning "Flecca's hill".[1] The village is shown as Fleckno on the Christopher Saxton map of 1637.

Flecknoe is quite an isolated village, it is located on a hill called Bush Hill, one mile north of the nearest main road (the A425 Southam - Daventry road) and is connected only by narrow lanes. Flecknoe has a small church, dedicated to St. Mark, which was built in 1891. An older chapel in the village dating from 1837 is now a private house. The village formerly had a school, which is now the village hall. On the outskirts of the village is a derelict brick building which is the remains of a Second World War camp.[1]

The village also has a pub called the Old Olive Bush.[2]

The Grand Union Canal runs in the plain to the north of the village,[1] which also contains the remain of the former Weedon to Leamington railway line. Flecknoe once had a railway station on this line. The station was over a mile north of the village and effectively in the middle of nowhere, consequently it was an early victim of British Railways' closure programme, the last passenger train running on 3 November 1952. However, the line survived carrying freight until 2 December 1963.[3] To the east of the village are the remains of the former Great Central Main Line.

Around half a mile to the north of Flecknoe is the tiny hamlet of Nethercote.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. p. 55. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
  2. ^ "The Old Olive Bush Pub Flecknoe". Geograph.org. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Flecknoe Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ OS Explorer, 222, Rugby & Daventry, Southam & Lutterworth

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