Castle Ashby
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| Castle Ashby | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 South elevation of Castle Ashby house | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP8659 |
| Location: | 52°13’38"N, 0°44’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 134 (2001) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN7 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Northampton South |
Castle Ashby is an estate village in rural Northamptonshire and the country house standing here, the latter now distinguished as Castle Ashby House. Historically the village was set up to service the needs of Castle Ashby House, the seat of the Marquess of Northampton.
The village has one small pub-hotel, The Falcon. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 134 people.
The village contains many houses rebuilt from the 1860s onwards. These include work by the architect E F Law of Northampton, whose work can also be seen nearby at Horton Church.
The castle is the result of a licence to crennelate obtained in 1306, for Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry.
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References
Books
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 136–145. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.
- Turner, Roger (1999). Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape (2nd ed.). Chichester: Phillimore. pp. 112–114.
