Quinton
Church of St John the Baptist, Quinton
Quinton is located in Northamptonshire
Quinton
Quinton
Location within Northamptonshire
Population194 (2001 Census)[1]
204 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSP776543
• London66 miles (106 km)
Civil parish
  • Quinton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHAMPTON
Postcode districtNN7
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Quinton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Northampton town centre along the road from Wootton to Hanslope, near Salcey Forest.

The village's name means 'Queen's farm/settlement'; or perhaps 'farm/settlement of Cwena' or 'woman's farm/settlement'.[2]

Geography

The parish borders the parishes of Wootton, Hackleton, Hartwell, Ashton, Roade, Courteenhall and Grange Park. The latter housing estate, effectively all but an urban expansion of Northampton, is only 500 yards away across some fields.

Preston Green

Urban expansion of Northampton was being planned in October 2008 which would absorb the village in its entirety.[3]

Demographics

The 2001 census shows a population of 194 people, 90 male, 104 female in 72 dwellings,[1] increasing to 204 at the 2011 census.[4]

Buildings

The Parish Church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, mostly remodelled in 1801,[5] though the tower is 13th century and there are Norman parts. There is a notable monument to Eleanor Maccalum (d.1909) in the churchyard of terracotta with angels at the head and foot.

References

  1. 1 2 "UK census 2001 – data". Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "13,500 new homes proposed for Northampton suburb – Northampton Chronicle and Echo". Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.

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