Lower Boddington is a village and former

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, now in the parish of Boddington, in the

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district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England. Lower Boddington is the smaller of the two villages in Boddington parish, most of whose facilities are located in Upper Boddington. It is about southwest of

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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 127. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Boddington to form "Boddington". The villages name means 'Bota's hill'. Children from Lower Boddington are most likely to attend a primary school in Aston le Walls,

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or Upper Boddington. Teenagers are likely to attend Chenderit School, Southam College, Princethorpe College or Blesséd George Napier RC School in nearby

Banbury Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census. Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding ...

. Lower Boddington has a

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, the Carpenters Arms, owned by the

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The UK government plans to build a second high-speed railway going from Birmingham to London, Lower Boddington is one of the villages whose residents have complained about the

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the railway would create and the lowering of house prices it would cause. Many posters and slogans have been put up in protest of the railway in the village and surrounding area, like many other towns and villages along the new line.

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