Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe and Thorpe Achurch

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Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe and Thorpe Achurch are a pair of adjacent civil parishes in the English county of Northamptonshire that share a single parish council.

Forming part of the district of North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northamptonshire) its main settlements are Achurch, Thorpe Waterville and Wigsthorpe. The parish includes Lilford Hall.

52°26′N0°29′W / 52.43°N 0.49°W / 52.43; -0.49


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