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Stoke Albany
Stoke Albany is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, the parish's population was 330 people, increasing to 390 (including Brampton Ash and Little Bowden) at the 2011 census. 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'.http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Stoke%20Albany St Botolph's Church is a Grade II* listed building. References External links Villages in Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire is one of two local authority areas in Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority area forming about one half of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire. It was created in 2021. Its notable towns are Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle. The council is based at the Corby Cube in Corby. It has a string of lakes along the Nene Valley Conservation Park, associated heritage railway, the village of Fotheringhay which has tombs of the House of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby – Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notable country houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days. History North Northamptonshire was created on 1 April 2021 by the merger of the four non-metropolitan districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, and Wellingbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
