Sulby, Northamptonshire Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Sulby
Coordinates:52.4186°N -1.0295°W
Unitary England:West Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy England:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Kettering
Post Town:Northampton
Postcode District:NN6
Postcode Area:NN
Dial Code:01858
Os Grid Reference:SP661805
Static Image Name:George Payne02.jpg
Static Image Caption:Sulby Hall (demolished 1952)

Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Sibbertoft.

The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement of Sula', 'farm/settlement with a post' or 'farm/settlement in a gully'.[1]

Sulby Reservoir lies to the south of the settlement.

Rene Payne (1734–1799) bought Sulby Hall in 1792. The writer Violette Graham (later Violette, Lady Greville) was born at the hall in 1842.[2] The hall was demolished in 1952.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key to English Place-names.
  2. Greville [née Graham], Lady (Beatrice) Violet . 2018. en. 10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.50387. Law. Cheryl.
  3. Web site: Sulby Hall . 2020-11-11. Lost Heritage.