Denford

Denford
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Denford is located in Northamptonshire
Denford
Denford
Location within Northamptonshire
Population282 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP9977
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKettering
Postcode districtNN14
Dialling code01832
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Northamptonshire
52°22′43″N 0°32′36″W / 52.378648°N 0.543400°W / 52.378648; -0.543400

Denford is a small village and civil parish situated in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 250 people,[1] increasing to 282 at the 2011 census.[2]

The villages name means 'valley ford'.[3] The village stands on the river Nene. It is in this area that the pronunciation of its name changes: upstream, to the south, it pronounced nen, while downstream to the north it is neen.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Denford CP: Parish headcounts Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".