Collingtree

Coordinates: 52°13′N 0°54′W / 52.21°N 0.90°W / 52.21; -0.90
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Collingtree
2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP750557
• London65 miles (105 km)
Civil parish
  • Collingtree
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHAMPTON
Postcode districtNN4
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Northamptonshire
52°13′N 0°54′W / 52.21°N 0.90°W / 52.21; -0.90
Colling Trough in Collingtree

Collingtree is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It is part of the Northampton built-up area.[1]

Location and context

The village is about 3 miles (5 km) from

Motorway by way of a flyover which eliminated a dangerous crossing of the main road. The motorway is adjacent to the south-west side of the village and a road bridge connects Collingtree to the adjacent village of Milton Malsor, about a mile west. Both Central London and Birmingham
are about 64 miles (103 km) south and north-west, respectively.

Hunsbury where it joins the River Nene
before the river enters Northampton.

Demographics

A church publication in 1999 stated that there were 154 parishioners in 1801, and 234 in 1851. The census returns for 1881 note only 240 inhabitants.[2] The 2001 census.[3] showed there were 1,655 people living in the village, 806 male, 849 female, in 651 dwellings. This includes the area of Collingtree Park around Collingtree Golf Course north of the village which was formerly the site of Collingtree Grange. At the 2011 census the listed population for Collingtree Civil Parish was 1,138.[4]

History

In the

Parish Council decided to make a feature of it. A more likely explanation for the name is in a 2008 document from the borough council dealing with conservation.[7] This mentions that: "Collingtree probably had Saxon
origins" and that its name is thought to be derived from "Cola's tree", after an Anglo-Saxon leader's name and a notable tree, possibly a boundary tree.

The centre of Collingtree was designated a

Conservation Area in 1978. In 2008, the borough council asked for comments on a draft Re-appraisal and Management Plan for the Conservation Area.[2][7] The proposed changes to the area are to expand the work to preserve the history and character of the village. The historic 17th- to 19th-century buildings, the 10 listed buildings, the layout of boundary walls and the use of local stone, combine to create a distinctive location with a strong sense of place, worthy of protection and enhancement. The Management Plan[7]
outlines how to protect the historic character and actively manage the area, including preserving the existing character through to the control of advertisements and the monitoring of change.

The village has one of the most unusual High Streets in the country. It runs roughly north to south, has a pub, The Wooden Walls of Old England, but no shops and leads nowhere in either direction. The village grew on a route between Blisworth in the south and Wootton in the north. The southbound route was cut off in the 1950s by the building of the M1 motorway. The northern part was cut off when Collingtree Grange was built and is now cut off by the golf course. The oldest houses are 17th-century, of which four are listed, all in the High Street. No.43 is Grade II* listed.[2] Another five listed buildings, in the High Street and Barn Corner are 18th-century. The form of the village is largely unchanged since about 1800 or earlier.[2]

An application by the company

Secretary of State. Collingtree and East Hunsbury are supporting the borough council and defending its position. An application to build a large complex of warehouses and a rail freight terminal on the south site of the M1 adjacent to Collingtree was strongly opposed and finally withdrawn after strong opposition from Collingtree and other local parishes.[8][9]

Governance

The village has its own

Nene Valley ward on the borough council, both Conservative held. On the county council,[11]
the village is part of the division of the same name, with a single member, also Conservative.

Facilities

The busy M1 motorway runs alongside the village to the south west and can be seen and heard. The village has a

Hilton Hotel and sports club in Watering Lane near the junction with the A45. Until 2009, the church was grouped with Courteenhall and Milton Malsor in the Three Parishes Group. Collingtree Park Golf Club, with adjacent large modern houses, is just north of the village in the grounds of the demolished Grange, but access to this is from Windingbrook Lane and Rowtree Road in East Hunsbury, just off the A45. The designated secondary school is Elizabeth Woodville School in Roade
.

Development

A major urban extension of 2,000 houses, of which

Bovis Homes in July 2008 at the adjacent Collingtree Park and it is likely to begin construction in 2015.[needs update] In 2013 a large two million sq foot warehouse was proposed along a large section of the south side of the M1 at Collingtree with a formal planning application in December 2014.[14] The application is strongly opposed by local residents and eventually abandoned. The development was in the area of South Northamptonshire Council
and was specifically excluded from development in the local plan.

People

See also

References

  1. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Northampton Borough Council: Collingtree Conservation area appraisal - May 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  3. ^ "UK census 2001 - data". Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ 'Notes on the trough feature in Watering Lane. Source: Collingtree Parish Council'
  6. ^ A place spelt as "Colyngtrow" appears in a legal record of 1381, which might refer to this village. The "county margin" in Northamptonshire; Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas: National Archives; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no483/483_0154.htm; entry no. 5, line 1
  7. ^ a b c d "Northampton Borough Council: Collingtree Conservation Area - map and description". Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  8. ^ Collingtree News June 2015, accessed 20 June 2016
  9. ^ Lincoln, Nadia (24 February 2024). "140,000 sqm warehouse approved in 'Northampton Gateway' logistics park". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Northampton Borough Council website". Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  11. ^ "Northampton County Council website". Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  12. ^ "Collingtree Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School". Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  13. ^ "Collingtree Tennis Club". Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  14. ^ "M1 Junction 15 proposals 2013". Roxhill Developments 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    , Oxford University Press, accessed 16 Aug 2007 (subscription required)

External links

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