Stoke Albany Explained

Official Name:Stoke Albany
Static Image:St Botolph Church in Stoke Albany (geograph 3422654).jpg
Static Image Caption:St Botolph's Church, Stoke Albany
Coordinates:52.4795°N -0.8161°W
Population:390
Population Ref:(2011 Census)
Os Grid Reference:SP8087
Civil Parish:Stoke Albany
Unitary England:North Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy England:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Country:England
Post Town:MARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode Area:LE
Postcode District:LE16
Dial Code:01858
Constituency Westminster:Kettering
Website:Stoke Albany Parish Council

Stoke Albany is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish (including Brampton Ash and Little Bowden) was 390,[1] an increase from 330 at the 2001 Census.[2]

The village's name means 'outlying homestead/settlement'. The village was held by William de Albinni in 1155. The western piece of Corby hundred shaped a different hundred named 'Stoke'.[3]

St Botolph's Church is a Grade II* listed building.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011 . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . 16 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Stoke Albany CP: Parish headcounts . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics.
  3. Web site: Key to English Place-names. kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.