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Blisworth
Blisworth is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The West Coast Main Line, from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland, runs alongside the village partly hidden and partly on an embankment. The Grand Union Canal passes through the village and the north portal of the Blisworth Tunnel is near Stoke Road. The village's name means 'Blith's enclosure'. Location It is about south of Northampton, north of Towcester and north of Milton Keynes. The M1 motorway junction 15 is about north east. Demographics The 1961 census showed a population of 1,192. By the 2001 census there were 1,786 people in the parish (the 2010 estimated population is 1,870), 880 male and 906 female, and 792 dwellings. There are also a few small businesses in and around the village. Just to the north of the village on Northampton Road there is a large derelict site, the location of a former abattoir, a garage and small industrial estate. Administration The local council is curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blisworth Tunnel
Blisworth Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England, between the villages of Stoke Bruerne at the southern end and Blisworth at the northern end. Measurements The northern end is about from the northern end of the Grand Junction Canal at Braunston, Northamptonshire and the southern end about . At 3,076 yards (2,813m) long it is the third-longest navigable canal tunnel on the UK canal network after Standedge Tunnel and Dudley Tunnel (and the ninth-longest canal tunnel in the world). At its deepest point it is '' ca.''143 feet (''ca.''43m) below ground level. The tunnel has no tow path inside, but is wide enough for two narrowboats to pass in opposite directions. History Work began in 1793, but errors by the contractor left a wiggle in the tunnel, and after three years’ work it collapsed due to quicksand, claiming the lives of 14 men. It was then decided to begin again with a new tunnel. By the time the rest of the Grand Junction Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to the south and Warwickshire to the west. Northampton is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 747,622. The latter is concentrated in the centre of the county, which contains the county's largest towns: Northampton (249,093), Corby (75,571), Kettering (63,150), and Wellingborough (56,564). The northeast and southwest are rural. The county contains two local government Non-metropolitan district, districts, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire, which are both Unitary authority, unitary authority areas. The Historic counties of England, historic county included the Soke of Peterborough. The county is characterised by low, undulating hills, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton
Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is situated on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; the population of its overall urban area was recorded as 249,093 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The parish of Northampton alone had 137,387. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, Roman conquest of Britain, Romans and Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxons. In the Middle Ages, the town rose to national significance with the establishment of Northampton Castle, an occasional royal residence which regularly hosted the Parliament of England. Medieval Northampton had many churches, monasteries and the University of Northampton (thirteenth century), Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the Canals of the United Kingdom, British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another to Birmingham. The Birmingham canal is with 166 Canal lock, locks. The Birmingham line has a number of short branches to places including Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover, and Northampton. The Leicester line has two short arms of its own, to Market Harborough and Welford, Northamptonshire, Welford. It has links with other canals and navigable waterways, including the River Thames, the Regent's Canal, the River Nene and River Soar, the Oxford Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, the Digbeth Branch Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The canal south of Braunston to the River Thames at Brentford in London is the original Grand Junction Canal. At Braunston the latter met the Oxford Canal linking back to the Thames to the south and to Coventry to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roade
Roade is a village in Northamptonshire, England. Currently in West Northamptonshire, before local government changes in 2021 it was represented by South Northamptonshire District Council, falling within the two-member Blisworth and Roade ward. Roade village has a long medieval history dating as far back as 1066 The village's name means 'clearing'. Location Roade straddles the busy Northampton to Milton Keynes A508, '' ca.'' south of junction 15 of the M1 motorway, south of Northampton and north of Milton Keynes. The road bisects the village into the eastern, older part, and the western part, which is mostly 20th-century housing. Demographics The 2001 census shows 2,254 people living in the parish, 1,117 male and 1,137 female, in 962 dwellings. In 2011 the population had increased to 2,312. West Coast Main Line Four tracks of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland go through the village in a deep cutting. The cutting bisects the villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towcester
Towcester ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the South Northamptonshire district. Towcester is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country. It was the Roman town of Lactodurum, located on Watling Street, today’s A5. In Saxon times, this was the frontier between the kingdom of Wessex and the Danelaw. Towcester features in Charles Dickens's novel ''The Pickwick Papers'' as one of Mr Pickwick's stopping places on his tour. The local racecourse has hosted many national horseracing events. Etymology Towcester comes from the Old English ''Tōfeceaster''. ''Tōfe'' refers to the River Tove; Bosworth and Toller compare it to the "Scandinavian proper names" ''Tófi'' and '' Tófa''. The Old English ''ceaster'' comes from the Latin ''castra'' ("camp") and was "often applied to places in Britain which had been R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes. Approximately 25% of the urban area is parkland or woodland and includes two Site of Special Scientific Interest, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The city is made up of many different districts. In the 1960s, the government decided that a further generation of new towns in the United Kingdom, new towns in the South East England , south east of England was needed to relieve housing congestion in London. Milton Keynes was to be the biggest yet, with a population of 250,000 and area of . At designation, its area incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Wolverton and Stony Stratford, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire was a local government district in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. Its council was based in the town of Towcester, first established as a settlement in Roman Britain. The population of the Local Authority District Council in 2011 was 85,189. The largest town in the district was Brackley, which had a population of 14,000 in 2008, followed by Towcester, which had a population of nearly 10,000. Other significant settlements in size included Deanshanger, Bugbrooke, Roade, King's Sutton, Silverstone and Middleton Cheney. Many of the villages listed had populations exceeding 1,000. Geography Elevations and shape The northern half of the district was generally higher than the south, reaching 192m AOD northeast of the centre of Aston-le-Walls, and 182m on the road east of Culworth, a village which also rests on top of the ridge following the general WSW line of the county and of the district but except for this is north of the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, and was created in 2021. It contains the county town of Northampton, as well as the towns of Daventry, Brackley and Towcester, and the large villages of Brixworth and Long Buckby; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands. The West Coast Main Line and the M1 motorway, M1 and M40 motorway, M40 motorways pass through the district, and it includes the site of the Roman town of Bannaventa and the grade I listed building, listed Althorp, Althorp House and its estate. History West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021 through the merger of the three non-metropolitan districts of Daventry District, Daventry, Northampton Borough Council, Northampton, and South Northamptonshire. The new West Northamptonshire Council therefore absorbed the functions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South Northamptonshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Bool. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. Constituency profile This is a rural seat around Towcester and Brackley. There is a significant motorsport sector including the north half of Silverstone Circuit. Incomes and house prices are above average for the UK. History Before 2010, the constituency existed from 1832 to 1918, and from 1950 to 1974, however on different boundaries during each period. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election from 1832, until the representation was reduced in 1885 to one member elected by the first past the post system. ;Prominent members Three names feature prominently among the area's Commons members, the 3rd and 5th Earl Spencer (during their tenures as MP having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daventry (UK Parliament Constituency)
Daventry is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Stuart Andrew of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. History The seat, one of many created in 1918, was a narrower form of the oldest creation of South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Northamptonshire and lasted 32 years until it reverted into "South Northamptonshire". Finally today's seat was recreated mostly from the north of the South Northants seat in 1974. Since its recreation and during its first existence, it has been served by Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MPs. As the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 majority was also not marginal, it has been to date an archetypal safe seat. Boundaries The constituency covers the west of Northamptonshire and is named for the market town of Daventry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
