Duncote

Duncote
Duncote is located in Northamptonshire
Duncote
Duncote
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP6750
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTowcester
Postcode districtNN12
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°09′02″N 1°01′02″W / 52.1506°N 1.0171°W / 52.1506; -1.0171

Duncote is a hamlet in the civil parish of Greens Norton in West Northamptonshire, England.[1] The hamlet is 2 miles (3.2 km) North west of Towcester.[2]

Duncote is not recorded in the Domesday Book, the name of the hamlet first appears in documentation from 1276 as Dunna's Cot.[3] Duncote Hall is now a care home.[4]

  1. ^ "Duncote". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ GreensNorton: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  4. ^ "Northamptonshire Police probe second care home in company's portfolio". BBC News. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2022.