Stoke Albany

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Stoke Albany
St Botolph Church in Stoke Albany (geograph 3422654).jpg
St Botolph's Church in Stoke Albany
Stoke Albany is located in Northamptonshire
Stoke Albany
Stoke Albany
Location within Northamptonshire
Population390 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP8087
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Harborough
Postcode districtLE16
Dialling code01858
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°28′46″N 0°48′58″W / 52.4795°N 0.8161°W / 52.4795; -0.8161Coordinates: 52°28′46″N 0°48′58″W / 52.4795°N 0.8161°W / 52.4795; -0.8161

Stoke Albany is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 330 people,[1] increasing to 390 (including Brampton Ash and Little Bowden) at the 2011 census.[2]

The village's name means 'outlying homestead/settlement'. The village was held by in 1155. The western piece of Corby hundred shaped a different hundred named 'Stoke'.[3]

St Botolph's Church is a Grade II* listed building.

References[]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Stoke Albany CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 21 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Stoke%20Albany

External links[]

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