Clipston is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village lies around 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of the town of Market Harborough in the neighbouring county of Leicestershire. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 643,[1] an increase from 613 at the 2001 Census.[2]
| Clipston | |
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 Clipston Chapel | |
.svg)  Clipston Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 643 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP7181 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARKET HARBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | LE16 |
| Dialling code | 01858 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Clipston Parish Council |
Buildings and facilities edit
All Saints Church is a Grade I listed building, dating from the early 13th century. There are many 17th and 18th century monuments to the Buswell family of London merchants.[3]
The Baptist Chapel of 1803 has a front by Edmund Francis Law of 1864.[3]
To the west of the church is Clipston Primary School. The school was previously used as a hospital and dates back to 1667–73.[3] The school celebrated its 350th birthday in 2017.[4] A distinctive feature of the school is its one handed clock that appears at the front of the building.[5]
Clipston has a pub The Bull's Head.
There is a village hall and a green.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about 3 miles north-east of the village and running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.
References edit
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Clipston CP: Parish headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ a b c Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 306–7. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ^ "Village school reaches its 350th anniversary!". Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Clipston School - The Building and its One Hand Clock". clutch.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
External links edit
- Map sources for Clipston, Northamptonshire
- Clipston Village website
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