East Carlton

East Carlton
East Carlton Hall
East Carlton is located in Northamptonshire
East Carlton
East Carlton
Location within Northamptonshire
Population259 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP8289
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Harborough
Postcode districtLE16
Dialling code01536
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Northamptonshire
52°29′50″N 0°47′10″W / 52.4972°N 0.7862°W / 52.4972; -0.7862

East Carlton is a village and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, on the southern ridge overlooking the Welland valley to the north and covers 1,645 acres (666 ha) on a long strip of land.[1] It is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the town of Corby and is administered as part of North Northamptonshire but was previously in the Corby borough until 2021. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 270,[2] reducing to 259 at the 2011 census.[3] East Carlton is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during World War I.

  1. ^ Corby Borough Council website accessed 2 October 2012 Archived 25 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics: East Carlton CP: Parish headcounts.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2016.