Cold Ashby
| Cold Ashby | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 St Denys, Cold Ashby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP572681 |
| Location: | 52°22’54"N, 1°2’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 278 (2011) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kettering |
Cold Ashby is a village in Northamptonshire. It is surrounded by rolling farmland, and has a notable golf club. The population of the village is mainly of commuters and their families, although farming is important to the local economy. The village is within the catchment area of the Guilsborough schools.
Standing on the 200 m contour line, Cold Ashby is said to be the highest village in Northamptonshire.
At the 2011 census, the parish's recorded population was 278.
The parish church is the Church of St Denys, which was built in the 12th to 14the centuries and was restored about 1840. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
About the village
The Ordnance Survey's first trig point, the triangular post used by surveyors, was erected on 18 April 1936 near Cold Ashby. More than 11,000 of the posts were erected across Britain to enable surveyors to create maps accurate to within feet by measuring angles and using trigonometry to calculate distances between the pillars.[2]
Sport
- Bowls:
- Cricket:
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cold Ashby) |
- The Official Website of the Parish of Cold Ashby
- Illustrated details
- Illustrated details of the parish church
- Cold Ashby's Independent Website
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1216470: Church of St Denys
- ↑ "Mapping the history of Ordnance Survey's trig points". BBC News. 19 April 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-13130526. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
