Other places · South East England
Courteenhall
Courteenhall is a village 5 miles (8 km) south of the county town of Northampton, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, and about 66 miles (106 km) north of London. The population of
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Courteenhall is a village 5 miles (8 km) south of the county town of Northampton, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, and about 66 miles (106 km) north of London. The population of the civil parish was 122 at the 2011 census. The village is located in a cul-de-sac.
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Courteenhall is a village 5 miles (8 km) south of the county town of Northampton, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, and about 66 miles (106 km) north of London. The population of the civil parish was 122 at the 2011 census. The village is located in a cul-de-sac.
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The village has developed around the Courteenhall House estate. The landscaped park covers about 370 acre, with formal gardens close to the house. The estate was purchased from Richard Ouseley by Samuel Jones, the son of a London merchant, in 1647. Samuel was knighted in 1660, was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1652–53 and died in 1673. His estates were inherited by his great-nephew Samuel Wake, a younger son of Sir William Wake, 3rd Baronet of Piddington. The Wake family is reputedly descended from Hereward the Wake, a Saxon hero of resistance to the Norman Conquest of England. The park was designed in 1791 by Humphry Repton sic for Sir William Wake, 9th Baronet. The Hall, like the…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1710, -0.8910
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Parish
- Courteenhall
- Postcode
- NN7 2QD
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Northamptonshire
Sources
- wikipedia: Courteenhall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Courteenhall?
- Courteenhall is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1710°, -0.8910°.