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Harpole

Village in Northamptonshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Harpole
coordinates
civil_parish	Harpole
static_image_name	Green, Harpole - geograph.org.uk - 200434.jpg
population	1,545
population_ref	(2001 census)
1,546 (2011 census)
london_distance_mi	69
unitary_england	West Northamptonshire
lieutenancy_england	Northamptonshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Daventry
post_town	NORTHAMPTON
postcode_district	NN7
postcode_area	NN
dial_code	01604
os_grid_reference	SP691608

1,546 (2011 census)

Harpole is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is just off the A4500 road (formerly the A45), 4 mi west of Northampton and 1 mi northeast of junction 16 of the M1 motorway. At the 2011 Census, the civil parish had a population of 1,546.

The village's name means "filthy pool".

Governance

From 1974 to 2021, Harpole was in the South Northamptonshire local government district, where it was part of Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Rothersthorpe and Gayton. It was also in the area of Northamptonshire County Council and is in the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry.

Geography and history

Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is 1 mi southwest of Harpole. The village is 69 mi northwest of London and 42 mi southeast of Birmingham.

A Roman mosaic floor uncovered in 1846-48 identifies the site of a Roman villa north of the village.

Harpole bed burial

Main article: Harpole Treasure

In April 2022 archaeologists found an early Christian Anglo-Saxon era burial site of a woman of high social standing at an area in Harpole being developed for housing by Vistry. The discovery was announced in December 2022 and described as "the most significant early medieval female burial ever discovered in Britain".

Demographics

2001 census data shows 1,547 people resident in the Parish Council area consisting of 755 males and 792 females (the 2009 estimated population is 1,557), in 636 households, of which 82.6% were owner occupied or being purchased with a mortgage.

Village events

Harpole hosts a scarecrow weekend in September. There is also an event in December where Santa drives around the village, as in, following him.

References

"List of settlements". [[West Northamptonshire Council]].
"Harpole". [[University of Nottingham]].
[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol4/pp73-74#p12 British History On Line: Harpole][https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=341732&resourceID=19191 History Gateway]
Hill, Amelia. (7 December 2022). "Early medieval female burial site is 'most significant ever discovered' in UK". The Guardian.
"UK census 2001 - data".
SNC. (2010). "South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011". South Northamptonshire District Council.
[http://www.harpole-scarecrows.co.uk/ Harpole Scarecrows]

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