Clay Coton is a village in

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 wel ...

in England. The population (including Elkington and Stanford-on-Avon) of the

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at the 2011 census was 271. The nearest large town is

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, about away by road. The village is close to the

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with its junction (known as Catthorpe Interchange with the M6 and A14 road which runs very close to the north. The village is dominated by the

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former church of St. Andrew. Built in 1340, it was restored by

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in 1866 but fell into disuse in the 1950s and was renovated as a private house in 2000. However, the surrounding graveyard still has public access.

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