Thorpe Lubenham is a deserted settlement and former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
, now in the parish of
Marston Trussell, in the
West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area covering part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, created in 2021. By far the largest settlement in West Northamptonshire is the county town of Northampton. Its other signific ...
district, in the ceremonial county of
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by
two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 33.
Thorpe Lubenham lies to the south of the
Leicestershire village of
Lubenham
Lubenham is a small rural village and civil parish west of the market town of Market Harborough, in the Harborough district, in the south of Leicestershire, England. The first National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup was held in Lubenham, in the grou ...
and south of the
River Welland
The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...
which forms the county boundary.
Thorpe Lubenham was formerly an
extra-parochial tract
In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no chu ...
, from 1858 Thorpe Lubenham was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Marston Trussell.
See also
*
List of lost settlements in Northamptonshire
References
External links
Thorpe Lubenham Hall in the National Monuments Register
Former populated places in Northamptonshire
Former civil parishes in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire District
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