Clipston, Northamptonshire
| Clipston | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Clipston Chapel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP712816 |
| Location: | 52°25’41"N, 0°57’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 643 (2011) |
| Post town: | Market Harborough |
| Postcode: | LE16 |
| Dialling code: | 01858 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kettering |
Clipston is a village in Northamptonshire, four miles south of Market Harborough, which straddles the border with Leicestershire. Clipston has a church and a chapel, a pub (The Bull's Head), a village green and a village hall.
The 2011 Census recorded a population of 643,
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Churches
All Saints Church dates from the early 13th century. It is a Grade I listed building. The church has many 17th and 18th century monuments to the Buswell family of London merchants.[1]
The 'Baptist Chapel of 1803 has a front by Edmund Francis Law of 1864.[1]
History
Clipston Primary School, to the west of the church, dates back to 1667-73.[1] It was previously used as a hospital.[2] A distinctive feature of the school is its one-handed clock at the front of the building.[3]
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about three miles north-east of the village and running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3page 306-307
- ↑ "Village school reaches its 350th anniversary!" (in en). https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/village-school-reaches-its-350th-anniversary-1-8066686.
- ↑ "Clipston School - The Building and its One Hand Clock". http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/clipston99/bricks-clock.html.
