Shutlanger is a small village and civil parish in south Northamptonshire, England. The village is 5 miles (8 km) east of Towcester and 7 miles (11 km) south of Northampton.[citation needed]
| Shutlanger | |
|---|---|
 The Plough Inn, Shutlanger | |
.svg)  Shutlanger Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 290 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP7249 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Towcester |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The village's name means 'Shuttle sloping-wood', maybe alluding to where shuttles, bolts or bars were made or acquired.[1]
In 1881 Shutlanger parish's total population was 403. In 1901 it was 339 and by 1971 it had dropped to 233.[2] At the time of the 2001 census, it was 270 people,[3] increasing to 290 at the 2011 census.[4]
There was a great medieval house here called the Monastery, but it was just a house and not a monastery in the normal sense.[5] The village is close to Stoke Park Pavilions and originally part of the Stoke Park estate with the first Palladian-style English country house. The building is a Grade I listed Building.[6] Famous residents includes ancestors of the Richardson gang.
Shutlanger has its own Parish Council and belongs to the church grouping with Stoke Bruerne and Grafton Regis.[7] The village has a pub (named The Plough) and a village hall. The nearest primary school and church are at Stoke Bruerne one mile east of Shutlanger.
References edit
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ "A Vision of Britain - extensive local statistical data". Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Shutlanger CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 19 November 2009 Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Emery, Anthony (1996). Greater medieval houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: 1300-1500. Cambridge University Press. p. 449. ISBN 0-521-58131-1.
- ^ "The Monastery, Shutlanger". Details of the listing for the monastery. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Parish Newsletters". Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
External links edit
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