Great Houghton is a village near

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. The population of the

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at the 2011 census was 642. It lies on the edge of the large market town, on the Bedford Road (

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). The village has two pubs and a large village hall and playing fields. The village was also the home of Great Houghton School - a private day school which closed in 2014.Northampton Chronicle & Echo: ''Children and staff face uncertain future after Northamptonshire school closes'' Accessed 27 JUly 2014
/ref> The villages name means 'hill-spur farm/settlement'. The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.

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