Lilbourne
| Lilbourne | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP5676 |
| Location: | 52°23’9"N, 1°10’28"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 273 (2011) |
| Post town: | Rugby |
| Postcode: | CV23 |
| Dialling code: | 01788 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Lilbourne is a village and parish in Northamptonshire, adjacent to the borders with Leicestershire and Warwickshire. It is close to the M1 motorway which runs past the village, and the A5 road, west of the village. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 363 people,[1] reducing to 273 at the 2011 Census.[2]
History
Just outside Lilbourne is the River Avon and the remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.[3] To the west of the castle is the local church, All Saints, which is Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century.[4] A, smaller, motte and bailey castle lies 0.9 km to the north west of the village, at Lilbourne Gorse.[5]
No. 73 Squadron RAF was stationed at Lilbourne during World War I. Lilbourne once had a railway station on the former London and North Western Railway line from Rugby to Market Harborough which closed in 1966 - one of hundreds of rural stations and lines which were closed by the Beeching Axe. The station was situated away from the main part of the village, in fact across the River Avon county border, just within the parish of Catthorpe, Leicestershire.
Amenities
As with most villages it has its own park which is part of a large Village Hall that is used for Fetes, jumble sales and general meetings as well as private hire events.[6] Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground, the first privately owned natural burial ground in the UK, is in Lilbourne.[7]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Lilbourne) |
- ↑ Office for National Statistics: Lilbourne CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125596&c=Lilbourne&d=16&e=62&g=6451077&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467798889124&enc=1. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Lilbourne - English Heritage Citation
- ↑ Images of England - English Heritage
- ↑ Lilbourne Gorse - English Heritage Citation
- ↑ "Lilbourne Village Hall". http://www.lilbournevillage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=8&Itemid=68.
- ↑ Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground. Retrieved 12 November 2009
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