Pytchley

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Pytchley
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Church of All Saints, Pytchley
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Pytchley
Location within Northamptonshire
Population489  (2011 census)
OS grid reference SP8574
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Kettering
Postcode district NN14
Dialling code 01536
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
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England
Northamptonshire
52°21′43″N0°44′45″W / 52.3619°N 0.7458°W / 52.3619; -0.7458

Pytchley is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, three miles south-west of Kettering and near the A14 road. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 489 people. [1] The village has a Church of England Primary School, a church and a pub. The Pytchley Hunt is a famous fox hunt based near the village.

The village's name means 'wood/clearing of Peoht'. [2]

The village lost its bus service in 2018. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Pytchley CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 16 July 2015
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names".
  3. ↑ "Bus travel: 'Losing your village service is devastating'". BBC News. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.


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