Sulby, Northamptonshire

Last updated

Sulby
George Payne02.jpg
Sulby Hall (demolished 1952)
Northamptonshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Sulby
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference SP661805
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Northampton
Postcode district NN6
Dialling code 01858
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°25′07″N1°01′46″W / 52.4186°N 1.0295°W / 52.4186; -1.0295 Coordinates: 52°25′07″N1°01′46″W / 52.4186°N 1.0295°W / 52.4186; -1.0295

Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Sibbertoft.

The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement of Sula', 'farm/settlement with a post' or 'farm/settlement in a gully'. [1]

Sulby Reservoir lies to the south of the settlement.

Rene Payne (1734–1799) bought Sulby Hall in 1792. The writer Violette Graham (later Violette, Lady Greville) was born at the hall in 1842. [2] The hall was demolished in 1952. [3]

Related Research Articles

Welford, Northamptonshire Human settlement in England

Welford is a village and civil parish in England, on the River Avon border between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. At the 2011 census, the population was 1,043.

Boughton, Northamptonshire Human settlement in England

Boughton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Northampton town centre along the A508 road between Northampton and Market Harborough. The parish area straddles both side of the road but the main part of the village is east. It is on the northern fringe of the Northampton urban area and, together with the neighbouring village of Moulton is in the preferred area for the expansion of the town.

Upper Catesby Human settlement in England

Upper Catesby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Catesby, Northamptonshire, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Daventry. The hamlet is about 550 feet (170 m) above sea level, at the top of a northwest-facing escarpment. The population is included in the civil parish of Hellidon.

Thornby, Northamptonshire Human settlement in England

Thornby is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. It has a Manor house. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 162 people, increasing to 189 at the 2011 Census. The village is bisected by the A5199 road between Northampton and Leicester and about 11 miles (17.7 km) north-west of Northampton town centre. It is about 1½ miles south of a junction with the A14 road which joins the M1 Motorway and M6 junction at Catthorpe with Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Sibbertoft Human settlement in England

Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 343 people, increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census.

Guilsborough Human settlement in England

Guilsborough is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 882 people, reducing to 692 at the 2011 Census.

Stanford-on-Avon Human settlement in England

Stanford-on-Avon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanford in West Northamptonshire, England. It lies next to the River Avon, which here forms the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On the Leicestershire side of the river is Stanford Hall, a historic house. Stanford Reservoir is one mile north of the village. The population is included in the civil parish of Clay Coton.

Bigby, Lincolnshire Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

Bigby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

Blatherwycke Human settlement in England

Blatherwycke is a village and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire, England. It is about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Corby. It is near Blatherwycke Lake, on the Willow Brook.

Irchester Village in Northamptonshire, England

Irchester is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, two miles (3 km) south-east of Wellingborough and two miles south-west of Rushden. The population of Irchester ward within the borough at the 2011 Census was 5,706 and estimated in 2019 at 5,767. Little Irchester and Knuston also lie in the parish.

South Charford Human settlement in England

South Charford is a hamlet in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Breamore on the west bank of the River Avon.

Thorpe Malsor Village in Northamptonshire, England

Thorpe Malsor is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) west of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 145.

Armston Human settlement in England

Armston is a hamlet in Northamptonshire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Polebrook.

Rushton, Northamptonshire Human settlement in England

Rushton is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Rothwell and 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Kettering. The parish covers 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) and is situated on both sides of the River Ise. It contains the sites of three deserted settlements, details of which are set out below.

Hatley, Cambridgeshire Human settlement in England

Hatley is a civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies between the villages of Gamlingay and Croydon, 12 miles south-west of the city of Cambridge and eight miles south-east of the town of St Neots. In 2001, the population of Hatley parish was 205 people living in 77 households, reducing at the 2011 Census to a population of 181 in 78 households.

Preston Deanery Human settlement in England

Preston Deanery is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hackleton in West Northamptonshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Northampton town centre and 1.5 miles (2 km) by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15. It lies just off the B526 road from Northampton to Newport Pagnell, between Hackleton and Wootton, a former village which has become now a suburb of Northampton.

Marston St. Lawrence Human settlement in England

Marston St. Lawrence is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Brackley in Northamptonshire. A stream flows through the village and another forms the southern boundary of the parish. The two merge as Farthinghoe Stream, a tributary of the Great Ouse. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 209, decreasing slightly to 202 at the 2011 Census.

Shelswell Human settlement in England

Shelswell is a hamlet in Oxfordshire about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Brackley in neighbouring Northamptonshire.

Pilton, Northamptonshire Human settlement in England

Pilton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Wadenhoe.

Violet, Lady Greville

Violet Greville, Lady Greville was a British aristocrat, novelist and playwright.

References

  1. "Key to English Place-names".
  2. Law, Cheryl (2018). "Greville [née Graham], Lady (Beatrice) Violet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.50387.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. "Sulby Hall". Lost Heritage. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Sulby, Northamptonshire at Wikimedia Commons