Duncote Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Duncote
Coordinates:52.1506°N -1.0171°W
Unitary England:West Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy England:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Daventry
Post Town:Towcester
Postcode District:NN12
Postcode Area:NN
Dial Code:01327
Os Grid Reference:SP6750

Duncote is a hamlet in the civil parish of Greens Norton in West Northamptonshire, England.[1] The hamlet is North west of Towcester.

Duncote is not recorded in the Domesday Book, the name of the hamlet first appears in documentation from 1276 as Dunna's Cot.[2] Duncote Hall is now a care home.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Duncote . getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 2 April 2022.
  2. Book: Ekwall . Eilert . Eilert Ekwall . The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names . 1960 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-869103-3 . 153. 4.
  3. News: Northamptonshire Police probe second care home in company's portfolio . 2 April 2022 . BBC News . 21 July 2020.