Plumpton, Northamptonshire

St John the Baptist church, Plumpton
Plumpton manor house

Plumpton is a place in Northamptonshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Paulerspury in South Northamptonshire district; the population of the parish, including Plumpton, Paulerspury and Pury End, was 1,018 in the 2011 census.[1] The Ordnance Survey map shows it as having a church and a manor house. It is within the ecclesiastical parish of "St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and Plumpton".[2]

The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Plumpton as having a population of 42 in 12 houses, and describes the church as "good" and having a "pinnacled tower".[3] The church is now cared for by a charity, the St. John the Baptist, Plumpton, Heritage Trust.[4]

Plumpton was a civil parish until 1935[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Paulerspury (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and Plumpton". Church of England: A Church Near You. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Gazetteer entries for Plumpton". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Charity Commission. St. John the Baptist, Plumpton, Heritage Trust, registered charity no. 1050414.
  5. ↑ "Relationships / unit history of Plumpton". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

Coordinates: 52°07′54″N 1°07′56″W / 52.13167°N 1.13222°W / 52.13167; -1.13222


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