Crick is a village in

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. It is close to the border with

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, east of

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and northwest of Northampton. The villages of Crick and

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were by-passed by the A428 main road from Rugby to

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when the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) was built in 1996. The terminal is a short distance east of junction 18 of the

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, which is next to Crick. Crick's population in the 2001 census was 1,460, increasing to 1,886 at the 2011 census.

History

Crick takes its name from the

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word for “hill,” “cruc.” There are many similar examples across

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, for example Crughywel,

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and

Crickadarn Erwood ( cy, Erwyd) is a village and community lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429. It is in the historic county ...

. Crack's Hill () is about northeast of the village, next to the canal, and gives good views of Crick,

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and

from the top.

Kilsby and Crick railway station Kilsby and Crick was a railway station on the Northampton Loop Line serving the villages of Kilsby and Crick in Northamptonshire. It was located to the eastern side of where the railway crossed the A5 road at the site now occupied by the Dav ...

was located west of the village between 1881 and 1960.

Notable buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of 48 listed buildings in the parish of Crick, all of which are Grade II except for St Margaret’s Church which is Grade I. Details of some of these are as follows:

St Margaret’s Church, Church Street

This building was erected in a perpendicular style in the 14th and 15th centuries, incorporating some 12th-century work. It includes a nave, two aisles, north sacristy, south porch and west tower. The walls are constructed of coursed ironstone and limestone rubble, with coursed ironstone and sandstone in the tower. The roofs are of tile and lead. There is a Romanesque sandstone font, whose base consists of three crouching figures. It was restored in 1840 by RC Hussey, and thus contains a number of elements from that era.

Ex-Servicemen's Club, Church Street

This property was built in a Gothic Revival style in 1847 as a school with an attached teacher’s house. The walls are of red and blue brick with ironstone dressings. The octagonal bell turret has a small spire.

Vyntner's Manor, Watford Road

This house has a datestone which may read 1694. It is built of coursed squared ironwork, with a tile roof and brick and stone stacks. The bay window on the left-hand side has a datestone reading 1925, when extensions and internal remodelling took place.

Facilities

Crick has a

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and a

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. There are three

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s, the 'Royal Oak', the 'Wheatsheaf' and the 'Red Lion'. The Ex-Servicemen's Club is a members-only club. Currently the nearest railway station is at

, away. However the proposed Rugby Parkway will be nearer, east.

Canal

The Leicester Line of the

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passes just east of Crick, and the village is well known for its canal

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and annual

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. Crick canal tunnel is close to the south-east of the village and is long.

Schools

Crick Primary School
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/ref> is on Main Road and most clearly visible from Bury Dyke. Details of a series of reports on the school can be found in the relevant section of the Ofsted website. There were 143 pupils on the roll at the time of the inspection in October 2011. Secondary school children living in the village generally attend

Guilsborough School Guilsborough Academy is a co-educational academy school in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England. History The school was founded in September 1958 as Guilsborough Secondary Modern School and was officially opened in May 1959. Many of the buil ...

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, Lawrence Sheriff School for Boys,

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References

External links

West Northamptonshire Local History website
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