Helpston

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Helpston
Northamptonshire
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St Botolph's church
Location
Grid reference: TF1205
Location: 52°38’6"N, 0°20’38"W
Data
Population: 870
Post town: Peterborough
Postcode: PE6
Dialling code: 01733
Local Government
Council: Peterborough

Helpston (also, formerly, "Helpstone") is a village in Northamptonshire, within the Soke of Peterborough.

Helpstone is not a captive Peterborough district as so many of the villages of the Soke have become but is a rural village. The parish of Helpston had an estimated population in 2005 of 870.[1]

The parish church is dedicated to St Botolph; the chancel window was created by Francis Skeat and depicts "Christ in Majesty".[2][3]

The poet John Clare was born in Helpston in 1793 and was buried in the churchyard at St. Botolph.[2] The thatched cottage where he was born, at 12 Woodgate, was bought by the John Clare Trust in 2005[4] and has been restored using traditional building methods. It is opened to the public.

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