Nether Heyford

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Nether Heyford
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Nether Heyford
Nether Heyford Location within Northamptonshire
Population	1,637 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SP659587
Civil parish	Nether Heyford
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTHAMPTON
Postcode district	NN7
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°13′38″N 1°01′48″W / 52.227221°N 1.030054°W / 52.227221; -1.030054

Nether Heyford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close to the M1 motorway and the A5 and A45 roads, 6 miles (10 km) west of Northampton and 70 miles (113 km) northwest of London. The smaller village of Upper Heyford is about half a mile to the north.

Nether Heyford takes its name from 'Hay ford'. Alternatively, 'hedge ford' or enclosure ford'.^[2] In 1086, in the Domesday Book, the name is recorded as "Heiforde". The Post Office once called the village Lower Heyford, but the name was restored to Nether Heyford after reference to it in local deeds. The village is on the flood plain of the River Nene and used to be subjected to flooding, as Watery Lane suggests.

In 1699, a Roman pavement was found in Harestone Meadow to the east of the village.