Coton is a
hamlet
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in county of
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by
two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
, England.
It is located between
Guilsborough and
Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe may refer to any of the following places.
England
*Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire
**Ravensthorpe railway station, Dewsbury
*Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
*Ravensthorpe, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
*Ravensthorpe, an histor ...
. Coton is in the
civil parish
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of the latter, which in turn is part of
West Northamptonshire. Coton Manor is a popular
visitor attraction for its gardens and
bluebell wood
A bluebell wood is a woodland that in springtime has a carpet of flowering bluebells (''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'') underneath a newly forming leaf canopy. The thicker the summer canopy, the more the competitive ground-cover is suppressed, encour ...
s.
The hamlet’s name means 'At the cottages'.
References
External links
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Coton Manor
Hamlets in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire District
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