Flecknoe

Flecknoe
Flecknoe
	; Flecknoe village hall
	Flecknoe Location within Warwickshire
Population	212 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP515635
Civil parish	Wolfhampcote;
District	Rugby;
Shire county	Warwickshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Kenilworth and Southam;

Flecknoe is a village in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, one mile west of the border with Northamptonshire. The village is the largest settlement within the civil parish of Wolfhampcote, and has a population of around 200. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Flachenho, probably meaning "Flecca's hill".[1] The village is shown as Fleckno on the Christopher Saxton map of 1637.

For the 17th-century poet and dramatist see Richard Flecknoe.

Flecknoe is quite an isolated village, it is located on a hill, one mile from the nearest main road (the A425 Southam - Daventry road) and is connected only by narrow lanes. Flecknoe has a small church, dedicated to St. Mark, which was built in 1891. An older chapel in the village dating from 1837 is now a private house. The village formerly had a school, which is now the village hall. On the outskirts of the village is a derelict brick building which is the remains of a Second World War camp.[1]

The village also has a pub called the Old Olive Bush.[2]

The Grand Union Canal runs in the plain to the north of the village,[1] which also contains the remain of the former Weedon to Leamington railway line. Flecknoe once had a railway station on this line. The station was over a mile north of the village and effectively in the middle of nowhere, consequently it was an early victim of British Railways' closure programme, the last passenger train running on 3 November 1952. However, the line survived carrying freight until 2 December 1963.[3] To the east of the village are the remains of the former Great Central Main Line.

Around half a mile to the north of Flecknoe is the tiny hamlet of Nethercote.

References

Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. p. 55. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
"The Old Olive Bush Pub Flecknoe". Geograph.org. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
"Flecknoe Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

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[Allen-1] Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. p. 55. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.

[2] "The Old Olive Bush Pub Flecknoe". Geograph.org. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[3] "Flecknoe Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 17 March 2018.