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Silverstone

Village in Northamptonshire, England

Field	Value
official_name	Silverstone
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SP670440
civil_parish	Silverstone
population	1,989
population_ref	(2001 census)
2,176 (2011 census)
unitary_england	West Northamptonshire
lieutenancy_england	Northamptonshire
region	East Midlands
country	England
post_town	Towcester
postcode_district	NN12
postcode_area	NN
dial_code	01327
constituency_westminster	Northamptonshire South
website	Silverstone Village

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the village

2,176 (2011 census)

Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about 3.5 mi south-southwest of Towcester and 6.5 mi northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 main road which now bypasses Silverstone to the south and east. The village is also about 11.5 mi south-southwest of Northampton, 12 mi west-northwest of Milton Keynes, and 13.5 mi east-northeast of Banbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,176.

The village's name probably means 'farm/settlement of Saewulf/Sigewulf'.

The Silverstone Circuit, the current home of the British Grand Prix and the British motorcycle Grand Prix, is located nearby; it straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Silvestone and Selvestone.

Parish church

Silverstone had a chapel by 1200 CE. In about 1780 the medieval building was replaced by a Georgian one, which was enlarged by the addition of a chancel in 1841 and a north aisle and vestry in 1852.

On the north side of the parish churchyard are the remains of medieval fish ponds.

Facilities

The village has one public house: the White Horse Inn.

About 1/2 mi south of the village is the Silverstone Circuit, a former Royal Air Force World War II bomber base and now the traditional home of the British Grand Prix, a Formula One race that attracts around 480,000 visitors each year.

Silverstone University Technical College opened at the circuit in September 2013.

Adjacent to Silverstone Circuit is Silverstone Park**,** a business park operated by MEPC plc, with a focus on engineering and high-tech activities. The site is home to over 80 organisations, including David Brown Automotive, Delta Motorsport, Ducati UK Ltd, National College for Motorsport, Danecca Limited, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, ELMS team Vector Sport, and Formula E teams Envision Racing and Cupra Kiro. It also features the UK's only dedicated sub-contract inspection metrology facility, managed by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, a technical partner to Red Bull Formula 1.

Silverstone is also the base of the Formula One constructor Aston Martin—formerly known as Racing Point, Force India and Jordan—and is set to be the British base of Cadillac Formula One. It is also the home of the Formula 2 team Hitech Grand Prix.

In the Middle Ages, the village trade was primarily in timber from the surrounding Whittlewood forest through the use of coppicing. Linnell Brothers still operate a woodyard to this day.

References

"Area: Silverstone CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Office for National Statistics.
"List of settlements". [[West Northamptonshire Council]].
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"Silverstone". [[University of Nottingham]].
"St Michael's Church". [[The Church of England]].
Saint Michael]], which is a [[Gothic Revival architecture. Gothic Revival]] building designed by [[James Piers St Aubyn]] and completed in 1884.Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 404
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(25 November 2024). "General Motors launches Cadillac Formula 1 Team and power unit".
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