Catesby, Northamptonshire Explained

Official Name:Catesby
Static Image Name:Charwelton-Catesby Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 924136.jpg
Static Image Caption:One of Catesby Tunnel's ventilation shafts
Coordinates:52.2302°N -1.2319°W
Os Grid Reference:SP5259
Label Position:bottom
Population:76
Population Ref:(2001 Census)[1]
Civil Parish:Catesby
Shire District:West Northamptonshire
Shire County:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Daventry
Post Town:Daventry
Postcode District:NN11
Postcode Area:NN
Dial Code:01327
Website:Catesby (Parish Meeting)

Catesby is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. There are two hamlets, Lower Catesby and Upper Catesby, each of which is a shrunken village. The site of the abandoned village of Newbold is also in the parish. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 76.[1]

Catesby Priory was a community of Cistercian nuns in Lower Catesby, founded in about 1175 and suppressed in 1536. In the eastern part of the parish is Catesby Tunnel, a tunnel on the former Great Central Line that was completed in 1897 and has been disused since 1966.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area selected: Daventry (Non-Metropolitan District) . . . 22 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090821062346/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790470 . 21 August 2009 . dead .