Country: | England |
Official Name: | Arthingworth |
Static Image Name: | St. Andrew's at Arthingworth - geograph.org.uk - 327967.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St. Andrew's Church, Arthingworth |
Coordinates: | 52.4263°N -0.8911°W |
Population: | 231 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Shire District: | West Northamptonshire |
Shire County: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Kettering |
Post Town: | MARKET HARBOROUGH |
Postcode District: | LE16 |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Dial Code: | 01858 |
Os Grid Reference: | SP755815 |
Arthingworth is a civil parish and village in the West Northamptonshire area of the county of Northamptonshire, England.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 238.[2]
The villages name probably means, 'enclosure connected with Earn(a)'.[3]
The nearest towns are Market Harborough about 4miles north and Kettering 9miles east via the A14 road which connects the town to the M1, M6 and M11 motorways.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Kelmarsh railway station about 1 mile south-west of the village and running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.
The village has its own Parish Council.[4]
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*.[5] They include: