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Castle Ashby

Castle Ashby
CastleAshby.jpg
South elevation of Castle Ashby house
Castle Ashby is located in Northamptonshire
Castle Ashby
Castle Ashby
Castle Ashby shown within Northamptonshire
Population 111 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SP8659
• London 65 miles (105 km)
Civil parish
  • Castle Ashby
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Northampton
Postcode district NN7
Dialling code 01604
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
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England
Northamptonshire
52°13′38″N 0°44′30″W / 52.2271°N 0.7417°W / 52.2271; -0.7417Coordinates: 52°13′38″N 0°44′30″W / 52.2271°N 0.7417°W / 52.2271; -0.7417

Castle Ashby is the name of a civil parish, an estate village and an English country house in rural Northamptonshire. Historically the village was set up to service the needs of Castle Ashby House, the seat of the Marquess of Northampton. The village has one small pub-hotel, The Falcon. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population (including Chadstone) was 111 people. The village contains many houses rebuilt from the 1860s onwards. These include work by the architect E.F. Law of Northampton, whose work can also be seen nearby at Horton Church. The castle is the result of a licence obtained in 1306, for Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry, to castellate his mansion in the village of Ashby.


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