Woodend, Northamptonshire

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Woodend
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Woodend
Location within Northamptonshire
Population322 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SP615491
  London 69 miles (111 km)
Civil parish
  • Woodend
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TOWCESTER
Postcode district NN12
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52°08′12″N1°06′06″W / 52.1368°N 1.1017°W / 52.1368; -1.1017 Coordinates: 52°08′12″N1°06′06″W / 52.1368°N 1.1017°W / 52.1368; -1.1017

Woodend is a small village in West Northamptonshire in the English county of Northamptonshire.

The village's name means 'at the end of the wood'. [1]

It is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the town of Towcester [2] and was a hamlet in the parish of Blakesley until 1866, when it became a parish in its own right. After World War I it was designated a "thankful village", all of the soldiers it sent to war having returned safely. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 322. [3]

Lane from Green's Park Lane from Green's Park - geograph.org.uk - 461029.jpg
Lane from Green's Park
Woodend Cottages Woodend - geograph.org.uk - 308437.jpg
Woodend Cottages
Houses at Green's Park Houses at Green's Park - geograph.org.uk - 461013.jpg
Houses at Green's Park
Heading out of the Village towards Blakesley Woodend - geograph.org.uk - 310442.jpg
Heading out of the Village towards Blakesley

There is a Barrow about 250 yards east of Green's Park Farm. [4]

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References

  1. "Key to English Place-names".
  2. "History of Woodend in South Northamptonshire | Map and description". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 106–7. ISBN   978-0-300-09632-3.

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