Harpole
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Harpole is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England.[1] The village is just off the A4500 road (formerly the A45), Template:Convert west of Northampton and Template:Convert northeast of junction 16 of the M1 motorway. At the 2011 Census, the civil parish had a population of 1,546.
The village's name means "filthy pool".[2]
Governance
From 1974 to 2021, Harpole was in the South Northamptonshire local government district, where it was part of Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Rothersthorpe and Gayton. It was also in the area of Northamptonshire County Council and is in the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry.
Geography and history
Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is Template:Convert southwest of Harpole. The village is Template:Convert northwest of London and Template:Convert southeast of Birmingham.
A Roman mosaic floor uncovered in 1846-48 identifies the site of a Roman villa north of the village.[3]
In April 2022 archaeologists found an Anglo-Saxon woman's grave, the Harpole bed burial, at a site in Harpole being developed for housing by Vistry. The discovery was announced in December 2022 and described as "the most significant early medieval female burial ever discovered in Britain".[4]
Demographics
2001 census data[5] shows 1,547 people resident in the Parish Council area consisting of 755 males and 792 females (the 2009 estimated population is 1,557[6]), in 636 households, of which 82.6% were owner occupied or being purchased with a mortgage.
Village events
Harpole hosts a scarecrow weekend in September.[7] There is also an event in December where Santa drives around the village, as in, following him.
Harpole bed burial
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References
External links
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- ↑ Harpole Scarecrows