South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire District | |
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ONS code | 34UG (ONS) E07000155 (GSS) |
Ethnicity | 98.4% White |
Website | southnorthants.gov.uk |
South Northamptonshire was a local government district in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. Its council was based in the town of Towcester, first established as a settlement in Roman Britain. The population of the Local Authority District Council in 2011 was 85,189.[1]
The largest town in the district was Brackley, which had a population of 14,000 in 2008,[2] followed by Towcester, which had a population of nearly 10,000.[2] Other significant settlements in size included Deanshanger, Bugbrooke, Roade, King's Sutton, Silverstone and Middleton Cheney. Many of the villages listed had populations exceeding 1,000.[n 1]
Geography
Elevations and shape
The northern half of the district was generally higher than the south, reaching 192m
The district was shaped approximately like the Christian cross in an
Soil and geology
Land was taken up with for the most part with arable agriculture peppered by villages, however allows space for two towns of significant size. Supporting this [4] is a regular interspersion of two high fertility types of soil for most plants and crops: freely draining slightly acid but base-rich; and lime-rich loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage soils, on a default (generally slightly lower) soil of slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils (of medium fertility). The district in terms of watercourses had sources and headwaters of the rivers Cherwell, Great Ouse and Nene.[3]
Whittlewood Forest
Demography and human geography
With just over 79,293 people in 2000[5] and 91,000 in 2008, a 14.8% increase.[2]
The growth in population between 2001 and 2007 was the third largest of all districts in the country and consisted of 35,700 households.[6]
The district was notable for the proportion of and growth in
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal borough of Brackley, along with Brackley Rural District, Towcester Rural District, and part of Northampton Rural District.
The council chose to based itself in Towcester. It was initially based itself at Towcester Town Hall, which had been built in 1865 and had been bought by Towcester Rural District Council in 1935.[8][9][10] The council moved to a new building at the junction of Springfields and Brackley Road in 1982, which in turn was replaced by another new building called The Forum on Moat Lane in 2015.[11]
Abolition and replacement
In March 2018 at Northamptonshire County Council, following financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers, the then Secretary of State for Local Government,
Settlements and parishes
For a county-wide list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire
- Blakesley, Blisworth, Boddington, Brackley, Bradden, Brafield-on-the-Green, Bugbrooke
- Caldecote, Castle Ashby, Chacombe, Charlton, Chipping Warden, Cogenhoe, Cold Higham, Cosgrove, Courteenhall, Croughton, Culworth
- Deanshanger, Denton
- Easton Neston, Edgcote, Evenley, Eydon
- Farthinghoe
- Gayton, Grafton Regis, Grange Park, Greatworth, Greens Norton, Grimscote
- Hackleton, Harpole, Hartwell, Helmdon, Hinton-in-the-Hedges
- King's Sutton, Kislingbury
- Litchborough, Little Houghton
- Nether Heyford, Newbottle
- Old Stratford, Overthorpe
- Pattishall, Paulerspury, Potterspury
- Quinton
- Radstone, Roade, Rothersthorpe
- Shutlanger, Silverstone, Slapton, Stoke Bruerne, Sulgrave, Syresham
- Thenford, Thorpe Mandeville, Tiffield, Towcester
- Upper Heyford
- Wappenham, Warkworth, Weedon Lois, Weston, Whiston, Whitfield, Whittlebury, Wicken, Woodend
- Yardley Gobion, Yardley Hastings
Gallery
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Farmland outside the village of King's Suttonin Northamptonshire in 2009.
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King's Sutton railway station was upgraded and re-gained its footbridgein 2009.
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A picture of King' Sutton in 2000.
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A picture of King's Sutton in 2000.
Museum
Arms
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See also
- South Northamptonshire local elections
- Grade I listed buildings in South Northamptonshire
- Grade II* listed buildings in South Northamptonshire
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ Such as Kislingbury, Potterspury and Yardley Gobion
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- ^ The border here in the southwest is the River Cherwell
- ^ The border here in the northeast is the River Nene after it has flowed through Northampton
- References
- ^ "District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ a b c South Northamptonshire Council (2009). "State of the Districts Economy in 2009" base on Office for National Statistics data. Towcester: SNC. p. 5.
- ^ a b pOrdnance Survey map for grid reference SP44
- ^ National Soil Resources Institute - Cranfield University
- ^ "A Vision of Britain - extensive local statistical data". Archived from the original on 26 November 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ South Northamptonshire Council (2008). The Way Ahead. Towcester: SNC. p. 3.
- ^ 2011 Census interactive census map
- ^ Historic England. "Town Hall, 86 Watling Street East (Grade II) (1371643)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Towcester Town Hall". Mercury and Herald. Northampton. 22 March 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "No. 49093". The London Gazette. 26 August 1982. p. 11210.
- ^ "Towcester in the 21st century". Towcester and District Local History Society. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Northamptonshire County Council: statement". Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Northamptonshire: Unitary authorities plan approved". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "AT LAST! Northamptonshire's new unitary councils are made law by parliament". Northampton Chronicle. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "East Midlands Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 8 March 2021.