Little Houghton, Northamptonshire
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Little Houghton | |
Northamptonshire | |
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![]() Bedford Road, Little Houghton | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SP8059 |
Location: | 52°13’52"N, -0°49’21"W |
Data | |
Population: | 412 (2011) |
Post town: | Northampton |
Postcode: | NN7 |
Dialling code: | 01604 |
Local Government | |
Council: | West Northamptonshire |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Northampton South |
Little Houghton is a village in Northamptonshire, about two miles east of Northampton. This is not a large place: the 2011 census recorded a population of just 412.
In front of the parish hall is a set of stocks and a whipping post. They are not used today.
Just off the A428 road between Bedford and Northampton, the village overlooks old gravel pits, (now converted to reservoirs) and a canal. Just across the valley is Billing Aquadrome.
To the north at Clifford Hill by the River Nene is the surviving motte of Little Houghton Castle.
Parish church
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The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Outside links
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