Old Stratford

Old Stratford
Old Stratford is located in Northamptonshire
Old Stratford
Old Stratford
Location within Northamptonshire
Population2,077 [1]
1,996 (2011)[2]
OS grid referenceSP779411
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILTON KEYNES
Postcode districtMK19
Dialling code01908
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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England
Northamptonshire
52°03′47″N 0°51′54″W / 52.063°N 0.865°W / 52.063; -0.865

Old Stratford is a village and wider civil parish in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish (including Passenham) at the 2011 Census was 1,935. The 'Stratford' part of the village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means 'ford on a Roman road'. The Roman road in this sense is the Watling Street that runs through the middle of the village.

  1. ^ SNC (2009). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2009-2010. Towcester: South Northamptonshire District Council. p. 39.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 July 2016.