Kelmarsh
| Kelmarsh | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 St Denys' Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP737792 |
| Location: | 52°24’34"N, 0°54’60"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 208 (2011) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kettering |
Kelmarsh is a tiny village in Northamptonshire, in the north of the county, four and a half miles south of Market Harborough town centre and the border of Leicestershire, and eleven miles north of the county town, Northampton. The village is on the A508, close to its junction with the A14.
The population of the civil parish (including Haselbech) at the 2011 Census was 208.
The village's name probably means, 'marsh marked out by poles or posts'. The place-name is identical to Chelmarsh in Shropshire; the initial K- reflects Old Norse influence.[1]
About the village
Kelmarsh Hall is its principal building.
Kelmarsh Tunnel is a former railway tunnel at Kelmarsh now open as part of the Brampton Valley Way.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Kelmarsh railway station about two miles north-east of the village running trains south to Northampton and north to Market Harborough.
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