Brampton Ash

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Brampton Ash
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference SP7887
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Harborough
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01858
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52°28′47″N0°50′42″W / 52.4798°N 0.8449°W / 52.4798; -0.8449

Brampton Ash is a civil parish and village in Northamptonshire, England. [1] [2] It lies in the extreme north-west of Northamptonshire and the nearest urban settlements are the nearby towns of Corby, Kettering, Desborough and Market Harborough. Running past the north of the village is the A427 road which connects Market Harborough to Oundle. At the 2011 census the population of the village was included in the civil parish of Stoke Albany.

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The villages name means 'Broom farm/settlement' with abundant 'Ash-trees'. [3]

Within Brampton Ash are the remains of a stone quarry. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is the main feature of the village. It is floodlit at night and can be seen for miles around the Welland valley. Brampton Ash is in North Northamptonshire but before local government changes in 2021 was in the Borough of Kettering.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
180179    
1831100+26.6%
1841104+4.0%
1851101−2.9%
1861107+5.9%
1871153+43.0%
1881120−21.6%
1891140+16.7%
1901112−20.0%
1911130+16.1%
1921122−6.2%
1931130+6.6%
1951173+33.1%
1961142−17.9%
1971140−1.4%
1981160+14.3%
199166−58.8%

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 141 Kettering & Corby (Market Harborough & Stamford) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319229866.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.

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