Upper Stowe
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| Upper Stowe | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 The Old Dairy Farm, Upper Stowe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP645567 |
| Location: | 52°12’11"N, 1°3’27"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN7 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Upper Stowe is a village in Northamptonshire, in the parish of Stowe Nine Churches.
The village has a church dedicated to St James, built to the design of Philip Hardwick in 1855. It has a bellcote rather than a tower.[1]
The name 'Stowe' derives from Old English word for 'place'.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Upper Stowe) |
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Stowe%20Nine%20Churches.
