Lower Boddington

Lower Boddington
The Carpenter's Arms
Lower Boddington is located in Northamptonshire
Lower Boddington
Lower Boddington
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP4852
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDaventry
Postcode districtNN11
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°10′05″N 1°17′56″W / 52.168°N 1.299°W / 52.168; -1.299

Lower Boddington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Boddington, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. Lower Boddington is the smaller of the two villages in Boddington parish, most of whose facilities are located in Upper Boddington. It is about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southwest of Daventry. In 1931 the parish had a population of 127.[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Boddington to form "Boddington".[2]

The villages name means 'Bota's hill'.[3]

Children from Lower Boddington are most likely to attend a primary school in Aston le Walls, Chipping Warden, Leamington Spa or Upper Boddington. Teenagers are likely to attend Chenderit School, Southam College, Princethorpe College or Blesséd George Napier RC School in nearby Banbury.

Lower Boddington has a public house, the Carpenters Arms,[4] owned by the Hook Norton Brewery.[5]

HS2

The UK government plans to build a second high-speed railway going from Birmingham to London, Lower Boddington is one of the villages whose residents have complained about the noise pollution the railway would create and the lowering of house prices it would cause. Many posters and slogans have been put up in protest of the railway in the village and surrounding area, like many other towns and villages along the new line.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lower Boddington.
  1. ^ "Population statistics Lower Boddington CP/PA through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Lower Boddington CP/PA through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  4. ^ The Carpenters Arms Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Hook Norton Brewery Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine


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