Great Oxendon Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Great Oxendon
Coordinates:52.443°N -0.922°W
Population:331
Population Ref:(2011)
Unitary England:West Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy England:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Kettering
Post Town:Market Harborough
Postcode District:LE16
Postcode Area:LE
Dial Code:01858
Os Grid Reference:SP7383

Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people,[1] increasing to 331 at the 2011 Census.[2]

The villages name means 'oxen hill'.[3]

Its eastern end is on the A508 road from Market Harborough to Northampton but most of the village is at 90° to the main road's north–south direction. The former railway tunnel at Great Oxendon is now open as part of the Brampton Valley Way.

Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about one mile south-east of the village and with running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.

Little Oxendon is a deserted medieval village about one mile north of Great Oxendon at .

Notable buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of four listed buildings in the parish of Great Oxendon, all of which are Grade II apart from St Helen's Church, which is Grade II*.[4] They are:

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Notes and References

  1. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797189&c=great+oxendon&d=16&e=15&g=472365&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257882801641&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Great Oxendon CP: Parish headcounts
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 4 July 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. Web site: Key to English Place-names.
  4. Web site: Historic England – The List. 4 October 2015.