Achurch
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 The elaborate cover for the village well |
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 Achurch
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| Achurch shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 421 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL021830 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETERBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | PE8 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Achurch (formerly Asenciran sometimes Thorpe Achurch) is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It was called Asechirce in the Domesday Book. The population of the civil parish (including Thorpe Waterville also Wigsthorpe and known as Thorpe Achurch) at the 2011 census was 421.
It is part of the civil parish of Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe and Thorpe Achurch and the district of East Northamptonshire. It has lent its name to people's surnames who are believed to have originated from the village.
Robert Browne who had previously founded the Brownists, a forerunner of Congregationalism, was rector here from 1591 to 1631.
The parish includes the Grade 1 listed home of Lilford Hall.
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