Deenethorpe

Deenethorpe
A small village in Deenethorpe.
Deenethorpe is located in Northamptonshire
Deenethorpe
Deenethorpe
Location within Northamptonshire
Population133 
OS grid referenceSP9591
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCorby
Postcode districtNN17
Dialling code01780
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°30′32″N 0°35′37″W / 52.5090°N 0.5937°W / 52.5090; -0.5937
Total population of Deenethorpe civil parish, as reported by the Census of Population from 1881 to 2011.
This is an image showing a map of Deenethorpe in the 20th century.

Deenethorpe is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is situated north-east of Corby and near the A43 road between Corby and Stamford. Nearby villages are Deene located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the North-West, Bulwick 1.9 miles (3.1 km) and Upper Benefield 2.5 miles (4.0 km) South-East to Deenethorpe.

In the early 1870s, Deenethorpe was described as:

"Deenethorpe parish, Northampton; 1 mile SSE of Deene village. Real property, £1, 942. Houses, 48."[1]

The population of Deenethorpe in the 1881 census was just over 200. Since then, there was a decline in the first half of the 20th century, as shown by the total population graph, where it reached a low of around 60 people. In 1960 the population increased and at the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 103 people [2] and according to the 2011 census the population is currently at 133.[3] The pre-dominant age group living in Deenethorpe is middle-age as there are 48 people aged between 45 and 59.[4]

The 600 acres (240 ha) Deenethorpe airfield is one of the sites that has been approved for a "garden village" in 2017. The plans include a village green, shops and community hall, as well as more than 1,000 homes.[5]

  1. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics: Deenethorpe CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 8 November 2009
  3. ^ "Deenethorpe: Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ Sillitoe, Neighbourhood Statistics - Neil. "Detect browser settings". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. ^ Elgot, Jessica (2 January 2017). "Fourteen garden villages to be built in England totalling 48,000 homes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 April 2023.