Daventry District was a

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in western

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, from 1974 to 2021. The district was named after its main town of

Daventry Daventry ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Daventry had a populati ...

, where the council was based. The district was created on 1 April 1974, under the

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, by a merger of the historic

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of Daventry with the Daventry Rural District and most of the Brixworth Rural District. The town of Daventry became an unparished area with

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and remained so until 2003 when a

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was created, roughly corresponding with the boundaries of the former borough, so allowing Daventry to have its own

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Abolition and replacement

In March 2018, following suspension of the County Council arising from its becoming insolvent, due to financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers, the then Secretary of State for Local Government,

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, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two

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, one covering the West, and one the North of the county. These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry,

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and

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were merged to form a new unitary authority called

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, whilst the second unitary authority

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consists of

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East Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire was a local government district in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. Its council was based in Thrapston and Rushden. Other towns included Oundle, Raunds, Irthlingborough and Higham Ferrers. The town of Rushde ...

Kettering Kettering is a market town, market and industrial town, industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, west of Cambridge, England, Cambridge, southwest of Peterborough, southeast of Leicester and north- ...

and

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districts. These new authorities came into being on 1 April 2021. Elections for the new authorities were due to be held on 7 May 2020, but were delayed due to the

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. These elections were later held on 6 May 2021.

Demography

At the 2011 Census, the district had a population of 77,843, a little under a third of whom (25,026) lived in the town of Daventry. Other significant settlements included

Brixworth Brixworth is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 5,162, increasing to 5,228 at the 2011 census. The village's All Saints' Church is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Location T ...

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and

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. The rest of the district was predominantly rural.

Ethnicity

Housing

In 2007, the Council housing stock owned by the council was transferred to Daventry & District Housing Ltd., a specially formed registered social landlord, under a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer. A subsequent dispute about the provisions made in the transfer contract for employees'

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s led to a legal case heard in the

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concerning the legal doctrines of mutual or unilateral mistake.England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Daventry District Council v Daventry & District Housing Ltd /nowiki>2011">Daventry District Council v Daventry & District Housing Ltd [2011
/nowiki> EWCA Civ 1153 published 9 May 2011, accessed 23 July 2023

Settlements

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, Brockhall, Byfield *

Canons Ashby Canons Ashby is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Preston Capes. Its most notable building is Canons Ashby House, a National Trust property. ...

Chapel Brampton Chapel Brampton is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Church with Chapel Brampton, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. Together with nearby Church Brampton, it is kn ...

Charwelton Charwelton is a village and civil parish about south of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population (including Fawsley) as 220. The villages name means ' River Cherwell farm/settlement'. The prese ...

Church Brampton Church Brampton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Church with Chapel Brampton, in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. Together with nearby Chapel Brampton the two villages ar ...

, Church Stowe, Clay Coton Clipston,

Cold Ashby Cold Ashby is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 255 people, increasing to 278 at the 2011 census. The villages name means 'Ash-tree farm/settlement' or ' ...

, Coton, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Crick *

, Dodford, Draughton *

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, East Haddon, Elkington,

Everdon Everdon is a village in West Northamptonshire in England, some south of Daventry. The population of the civil parish (including Little Everdon) at the 2011 census was 356. Nearby, The Stubbs is a wood belonging to the Woodland Trust, a UK co ...

* Farthingstone,

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, Flore * Great Brington, Great Oxendon, Guilsborough * Hanging Houghton, Hannington, Harlestone, Haselbech,

Hellidon Hellidon is a village and civil parish about south-west of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The parish area is about . It lies – above sea level on the north face of an ironstone ridge, its highest point, at Windmill Hill, being so ...

, Holcot, Holdenby, Hollowell * Kelmarsh,

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* Lamport, Lilbourne, Little Brington,

, Lower Catesby * Maidwell, Marston Trussell, Moulton *

Naseby Naseby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census was 687. The village is north of Northa ...

, Newnham, Norton * Old, Overstone * Pitsford,

Preston Capes Preston Capes is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population, including Canons Abbey, at the 2011 census was 216, up from 188 at the 2001 census. The village's name means "Priest Farm/Settlement". The villag ...

* Ravensthorpe * Scaldwell,

Sibbertoft Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population (including Sulby) was 343 people, increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means 'curtilage o ...

, Spratton, Stanford-on-Avon, Staverton, Sulby * Teeton, Thornby * Upper Catesby, Upper Stowe * Walgrave,

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, Welford, Welton,

West Haddon West Haddon is a village in West Northamptonshire, England about north-west of Northampton and east of Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby and just off the A428 road which by-passes the village. The population of civil parish was 1,718 at the 2011 Cens ...

, Whilton, Winwick, Woodford Halse * Yelvertoft

Political control

See

Daventry District Council elections One third of Daventry (district), Daventry Non-metropolitan district, District Council in Northamptonshire, England was elected each year, followed by one year when there was an election to Northamptonshire County Council instead. Since the last b ...

References

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