Great Houghton, Northamptonshire

Great Houghton
Great Houghton
	Great Houghton Location within Northamptonshire
Population	642 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP79115886
Shire county	Northamptonshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northampton
Postcode district	NN4
Dialling code	01604
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°13′22″N 0°50′28″W / 52.22275°N 0.841141°W

Great Houghton is a village in the Borough of Northampton. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 642.^[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 village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.^[3]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Nerighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ Northampton Chronicle & Echo: Children and staff face uncertain future after Northamptonshire school closes Accessed 27 JUly 2014
^ http://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Nerighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

[Chon-2] Northampton Chronicle & Echo: Children and staff face uncertain future after Northamptonshire school closes Accessed 27 JUly 2014

[3] ttp://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi

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