Stoke Albany

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Stoke Albany
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St Botolph's Church in Stoke Albany
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Stoke Albany
Location within Northamptonshire
Population390 (2011)
OS grid reference SP8087
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Harborough
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01858
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52°28′46″N0°48′58″W / 52.4795°N 0.8161°W / 52.4795; -0.8161 Coordinates: 52°28′46″N0°48′58″W / 52.4795°N 0.8161°W / 52.4795; -0.8161

Stoke Albany is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 330 people, [1] increasing to 390 (including Brampton Ash and Little Bowden) at the 2011 census. [2]

The village's name means 'outlying homestead/settlement'. The village was held by William de Albinni in 1155. The western piece of Corby hundred shaped a different hundred named 'Stoke'. [3]

St Botolph's Church is a Grade II* listed building.

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Stoke Albany CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 21 November 2009
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Stoke%20Albany

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