Woodend, Northamptonshire

Woodend is a small village in the district of South Northamptonshire in the English county of Northamptonshire.

Woodend
Woodend
Location within Northamptonshire
Population322 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSP615491
 London69 miles (111 km)
Civil parish
  • Woodend
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTOWCESTER
Postcode districtNN12
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

It is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the town of Towcester[1] and was a hamlet in the parish of Blakesley until 1866, when it became a parish in its own right. After World War I it was designated a "thankful village", all of the soldiers it sent to war having returned safely. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 322.[2]

Lane from Green's Park
Woodend Cottages
Houses at Green's Park
Heading out of the Village towards Blakesley

There is a Barrow about 250 yards east of Green's Park Farm.[3]

References

  1. "History of Woodend in South Northamptonshire | Map and description". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 106–7. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.

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