Stoke Albany

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Stoke Albany
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St Botolph's Church, Stoke Albany
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Stoke Albany
Location within Northamptonshire
Population390 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SP8087
Civil parish
  • Stoke Albany
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01858
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
Website Stoke Albany Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
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, England. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish (including Brampton Ash and Little Bowden) was 390, [1] an increase from 330 at the 2001 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. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. "Stoke Albany CP: Parish headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics.
  3. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.

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