Lutton, Northamptonshire

Lutton
St Peter's parish church
Lutton Location within Northamptonshire
Population	186 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	TL1187
Civil parish	Lutton
Unitary authority	North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Peterborough
Postcode district	PE8
Dialling code	01832
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Corby
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°28′27″N0°21′36″W / 52.4741°N 0.3599°W / 52.4741; -0.3599

Lutton is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The 2011 census recorded its parish population as 186. ^[1]

The villages name means 'Farm/settlement connected with Luda' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement on Hluding (= the loud one)', an old name for what is now called Billing Brook. ^[2]

The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Peter are 12th-century. North and south aisles and arcades were added to the nave in the 13th century. There is a fine surviving Easter Sepulchre on the north wall of the chancel. It is a Grade I listed building. ^[3]

References

1. "Area: Lutton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
2. "Key to English Place-names".
3. Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade I) (1040231)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2015.

Further reading

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 299. ISBN   0-14-071022-1.
• RCHME, ed. (1975). "Lutton". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire. Vol. 1, Archaeological Sites in North-East Northamptonshire. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. pp. 65–67.
• RCHME, ed. (1984). "Lutton". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire. Vol. 6, Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.