Great Houghton, Northamptonshire

Great Houghton
Great Houghton is located in Northamptonshire
Great Houghton
Great Houghton
Location within Northamptonshire
Population651 (2021)
OS grid referenceSP79115886
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN4
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°13′22″N 0°50′28″W / 52.22275°N 0.841141°W / 52.22275; -0.841141

Great Houghton is a village near Northampton in West Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 651.[1] It lies on the edge of the large market town, on the Bedford Road (A428). 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.[2]

The villages name means 'hill-spur farm/settlement'.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ^ Northampton Chronicle & Echo: Children and staff face uncertain future after Northamptonshire school closes Accessed 27 JUly 2014
  3. ^ http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Great%20and%20Little%20Houghton
  4. ^ "European Severe Weather Database".


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