Roade

Roade
War Memorial, Memorial Green
Roade is located in Northamptonshire
Roade
Roade
Location within Northamptonshire
Population2,254 (2001 census)[1][2]
2,312 (2011 census).
OS grid referenceSP755515
• London66 miles (106 km)
Civil parish
  • Roade
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHAMPTON
Postcode districtNN7
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°09′22″N 0°53′49″W / 52.156°N 0.897°W / 52.156; -0.897

Roade is a village in Northamptonshire, England. Currently in West Northamptonshire, before local government changes in 2021 it was represented by South Northamptonshire District Council, falling within the two-member Blisworth and Roade ward.

Roade village has a long medieval history dating as far back as 1066 [3]

The village's name means 'clearing'.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2001 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ SNC. South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2009-2010.
  3. ^ "Roade | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Key to English Place-names".