Woodend, Northamptonshire
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Woodend | |
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![]() ![]() Woodend Location within Northamptonshire | |
Population | 322 (2011 census) |
OS grid reference | SP615491 |
• London | 69 miles (111 km) |
Civil parish |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TOWCESTER |
Postcode district | NN12 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
Woodend is a small village in West Northamptonshire in the English county of Northamptonshire.
The village's name means 'at the end of the wood'.[1]
It is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the town of Towcester[2] and was a hamlet in the parish of Blakesley until 1866, when it became a parish in its own right. After World War I it was designated a "thankful village", all of the soldiers it sent to war having returned safely. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 322.[3]
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Lane from Green's Park
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Woodend Cottages
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Houses at Green's Park
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Heading out of the Village towards Blakesley
There is a Barrow about 250 yards east of Green's Park Farm.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ "History of Woodend in South Northamptonshire | Map and description". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 106–7. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
External links[]
Media related to Woodend, Northamptonshire at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Villages in Northamptonshire
- Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
- West Northamptonshire District
- Northamptonshire geography stubs