Potterspury

Potterspury
Narrow private access to the High Street, Potterspury from the A5
Potterspury is located in Northamptonshire
Potterspury
Potterspury
Location within Northamptonshire
Population1,453 
OS grid referenceSP7543
• London61 miles (98 km)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTowcester
Postcode districtNN12
Dialling code01908
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°05′09″N 0°53′52″W / 52.0858°N 0.8977°W / 52.0858; -0.8977

Potterspury is a populous village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The nearest main town is Milton Keynes, the centre of which is about 7 miles south-east. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population (including Furtho) was 1,453 people.[1]

The village's name is a concatenation. It was originally cognate with Perry and sometimes written as such, implying pear tree or orchard. Several places are named such regionally. The helpful (disambiguatory) prefix 'Potters', seen by the 15th century, is a nod to the very old, important potteries here.[2][n 1] An alternative is "Estpury", seen in 1452.[3]

  1. ^ "Office for National Statistics: Potterspury (Parish) : Usual Resident Population, 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  3. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; image seen at: http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/aCP40no764fronts/IMG_0557.htm ; 6th entry, at the start of the 2nd line "Estpury alias vocat' Potterespury" (with the abbreviation for Northamptonshire in the margin)


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