Great Houghton, Northamptonshire
Appearance
Great Houghton | |
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Location within Northamptonshire | |
Population | 642 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SP79115886 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Northampton |
Postcode district | NN4 |
Dialling code | 01604 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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