Pitsford

Pitsford
The Griffin Inn, Pitsford
Pitsford is located in Northamptonshire
Pitsford
Pitsford
Location within Northamptonshire
Population671 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP7568
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Northamptonshire
52°18′23″N 0°53′34″W / 52.3064°N 0.8927°W / 52.3064; -0.8927

Pitsford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. According to 2001 census, the parish's population was 636 people,[1] increasing to 671 at the 2011 census.[2]

The village's name means 'Peoht's ford'.[3]

Pitsford Water, which is used for fishing and sailing as well as storing water for the local area,[4] is north-west of the village, but only part of it lies within the parish.[5] Pitsford Airstrip is at Moulton Grange Farm.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Pitsford CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 16 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighborough Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  4. ^ Anglian Water: Pitsford Water Park. Retrieved 16 November 2009
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 mapping