Weekley is a small village and
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 ...
in the
English county of
Northamptonshire, on the outskirts of
Kettering.
The village's name probably means, 'wood/clearing by the
Romano-British vicus', a trading settlement. There are two known Romano-British destinations in the surrounding area. On the other hand, '
wych-elm
''Ulmus glabra'' Hudson, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese and Sicily, where the species reaches ...
wood/clearing' might be an alternative derivation.
At the time of the
2001 census, the parish's population was 242 people, increasing to 297 at the 2011 Census.
Many houses in Weekley have
thatched roofs. The busy A4300 road runs through the village.
Governance
Weekley is part of the
North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire is one of two local authority areas in Northamptonshire, England. It is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area forming about one half of the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Northampto ...
unitary authority.
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Villages in Northamptonshire
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
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