| Lamport | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Lamport | |
.svg)  Lamport Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 225 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP7574 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN6 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Lamport is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the A508, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Market Harborough and 8 miles (13 km) north of Northampton. Nearby is Lamport Hall. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 207 people,[1] including Hanging Houghton and increasing to 225 at the 2011 Census.[2]
The name of the village means 'Long town'.[3]
Between 1859 and 1960, the village was served by Lamport railway station just north of the village running trains south to Northampton and north to Market Harborough. This is now part of the heritage Northampton & Lamport Railway, but as of 2018 the tracks have not yet been rebuilt as far as Lamport.
The parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building. It has a medieval tower but the remainder was built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The 19th century part is the south vestry, designed by G.F. Bodley. The church contains monuments to members of the Isham family who lived at Lamport Hall from 1560 to 1976.[4] Lamport Hall, the seat of the Isham baronets for around 350 years, stands opposite the church.
The Carnegie Medal-winning children's author Denys Watkins-Pitchford, who wrote under the pseudonym BB, was born in Lamport.[5]
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Lamport CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972) [1961]. Cherry, Bridget (ed.). Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 284–6. ISBN 0-14-0710-22-1.
- ^ The BB Society: 'BB' Watkins-Pitchford Archived 5 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 November 2009