Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

Ravensthorpe
Guilsborough Road, Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe is located in Northamptonshire
Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe
Location within Northamptonshire
Area0.3325 km2 (0.1284 sq mi)
Population646 (2011 census)
• Density1,943/km2 (5,030/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSP6670
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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52°19′43″N 1°01′32″W / 52.3286°N 1.0256°W / 52.3286; -1.0256

Ravensthorpe is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The village lies approximately midway between Northampton and Rugby. The M1 motorway is six miles west and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 656 people,[1] including Coton but falling slightly to 646 at the 2011 census.[2]

The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement (thorpe) of Hrafn'.[3] Services within the village include a shop, the 'Chequers' pub, a playing field, a small park and a woodland maintained by the Woodland Trust.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Ravensthorpe CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 18 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ravensthorpe". Key to English Place Names. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 22 April 2020. Hrafn's outlying farm/settlement