Catesby, Northamptonshire
Catesby is a civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. There are two hamlets, Lower Catesby and Upper Catesby, each of which is a shrunken village. The site of the abandoned village of Newbold is also in the parish. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 76.[1]
| Catesby | |
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 One of Catesby Tunnel's ventilation shafts | |
  Catesby Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 76 (2001 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP5259 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Daventry |
| Postcode district | NN11 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Catesby (Parish Meeting) |
Catesby Priory was a community of Cistercian nuns in Lower Catesby, founded in about 1175 and suppressed in 1536. In the eastern part of the parish is Catesby Tunnel, a tunnel on the former Great Central Line that was completed in 1897 and has been disused since 1966.
References
- "Area selected: Daventry (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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