Arthingworth is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

and village in the

West Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area covering part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, created in 2021. By far the largest settlement in West Northamptonshire is the county town of Northampton. Its other signif ...

area of the 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.OS Explorer Map Map 223 - Northampton & Market Harborough (1:25 000) The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 238. The villages name probably means, 'enclosure connected with Earn(a)'.

Location and communications

The nearest towns are

Market Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the admi ...

about north and

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ket ...

east via the

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which connects the town to the M1, M6 and

M11 motorway The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as a trunk road as early as 1915, various plans were considered throughout the 1960s ...

s. Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by

Kelmarsh railway station Kelmarsh railway station on the Northampton and Market Harborough railway opened on 16 February 1859 serving the villages of Kelmarsh and Arthingworth, Northamptonshire, England. It ran almost equidistant between the two villages which are jus ...

about 1 mile south-west of the village and running trains between

Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...

in the south and

in the north.

Administration

The village has its own Parish Council.

Notable buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of eight listed buildings in the parish of Arthingworth, all of which are Grade II apart from St Andrew's Church, which is Grade II*. They include: * St Andrew's Church, Braybrooke Road *Arthingworth Lodge, Kelmarsh Road *

Arthingworth Manor Arthingworth Manor is a Grade II listed country house in Arthingworth, Northamptonshire, England, about southeast of Market Harborough. The estate consists of two manor houses; an older listed house and a stable block converted into a house. His ...

. This was left as a shell in 1967 revealing walls probably from an older house. A stable block remains, now converted to a house but incorporating the Manor House staircase. *Bosworth House *Glebe House, Kelmarsh Road *Hall Farmhouse, Oxendon Road

References

External links

* * Villages in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District Civil parishes in Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub