Litchborough

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Litchborough
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Litchborough
Location within Northamptonshire
Population300  [1] (2001 census) [2]
321 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SP6254
•  London 69 miles (111 km)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Towcester
Postcode district NN12
Dialling code 01327
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52°11′06″N1°04′48″W / 52.1850°N 1.0800°W / 52.1850; -1.0800 Coordinates: 52°11′06″N1°04′48″W / 52.1850°N 1.0800°W / 52.1850; -1.0800

Litchborough is an historic village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 300 people, [1] increasing to 321 at the 2011 Census. [3]

The villages name probably means, 'enclosure hill'. [4]

The manor of Litchborough, and that of nearby Weedon Pinkney, belonged in the fourteenth century to the Wale family, and passed by descent to the Malorre family.

More recently, new built housing has increased the number of dwellings to 111 and the population to 449.

It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Towcester, 2 miles off the A5 on the Banbury Road.

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Martin.

The village has an active Village Hall and a popular pub, the Old Red Lion.

The village has a well supported Parish Council chaired by Tim Sykes of the Old Rectory, a businessman who chaired the hostel sector hospitality company Beds & Bars. Gareth Lugar-Mawson, a retired High Court Judge who has served in Hong Kong and Brunei, also serves on the Parish Council.

There is an informative village community website - litchborough.org.uk - with local news, details of events and Parish Council information.

Litchborough Hall

Litchborough Hall is the home of Bob Heygate, who was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1997 and who, with cousin Paul Heygate, owns and runs the landmark Heygates Mill at Bugbrooke and the Fine Lady Bakery at Banbury.

In June 1603 Lady Anne Clifford stayed at Litchborough Hall, the home of Elizabeth Nedham, who had been a member of the household of Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick. Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford met her and they rode to Dingley Hall to meet Anne of Denmark. [5]

The house was extensively reworked in 1838 in Tudor style by the architect George Moore. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Office for National Statistics: Litchborough CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 11 December 2009
  2. ↑ SNC (2009). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester. p. 39.
  3. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Key to English Place-names".
  5. ↑ Jessica L. Malay, Anne Clifford's Autobiographical Writing, 1590-1676 (Manchester, 2018), p. 19.
  6. ↑ Litchborough Hall, Historic England


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