Aynho

Aynho
Aynho is located in Northamptonshire
Aynho
Aynho
Location within Northamptonshire
Population632 (2001 census[1])
659 (2011 census.)[2]
OS grid referenceSP5133
Civil parish
  • Aynho
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBanbury
Postcode districtOX17
Dialling code01869
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°00′N 1°15′W / 52.00°N 1.25°W / 52.00; -1.25

Aynho (/ˈeɪnhoʊ/, formerly spelt Aynhoe) is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on the edge of the Cherwell valley 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of the north Oxfordshire town of Banbury[3] and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Brackley.

Along with its neighbour Croughton 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east, it is one of the two southernmost villages in Northamptonshire.

It is the southernmost settlement in Northamptonshire and indeed the entire English East Midlands region.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Aynho CP: Parish headcounts, retrieved 25 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 43. ISBN 9780340254875.