Tansor is a village and

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in the English county of

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. Lying near the River Nene, three miles north-east of the town of Oundle and a mile from the village of Cotterstock, Tansor forms part of

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. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 185 people, reducing to 172 at the 2011 Census. Attractions are limited; only a church, telephone box and a village hall containing a playgroup. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is Grade II* listed. The village's name origin is dubious. 'Tan's ridge' or maybe, 'Tan's river bank'. On the other hand,

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'tan' may be utilized in the moved feeling of the part of a stream with a 'river bank'. A notable son of Tansor was the

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and writer Horace William Wheelwright, born there in 1815.

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