Country: | England |
Official Name: | Little Oakley |
Coordinates: | 52.4633°N -0.6832°W |
Civil Parish: | Newton and Little Oakley |
Unitary England: | North Northamptonshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Kettering |
Post Town: | Corby |
Postcode District: | NN18 |
Postcode Area: | NN |
Dial Code: | 01536 |
Os Grid Reference: | SP8985 |
Static Image: | St Peter's Church, Little Oakley - geograph.org.uk - 349069.jpg |
Little Oakley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton and Little Oakley, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England.[1] It is situated between Corby and Kettering.[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 85.[3] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Great Oakley to form Oakley.[4] Inside the village is St. Peter's church, which dates from the thirteenth century. Opposite the church is Primrose Cottage, a stone-built cottage dating back to the seventeenth century, where several generations of one family once lived and are now buried in the church yard.
The villages name means 'Oak-tree wood/clearing'.[5]