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Flore, Northamptonshire

Flore
Flore - geograph.org.uk - 92021.jpg
All Saint's Church, Flore
Flore is located in Northamptonshire
Flore
Flore
Flore shown within Northamptonshire
Population 1,194 (2011)
OS grid reference SP6460
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Northampton
Postcode district NN7
Dialling code 01327
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°14′20″N 1°03′25″W / 52.2388°N 1.0569°W / 52.2388; -1.0569Coordinates: 52°14′20″N 1°03′25″W / 52.2388°N 1.0569°W / 52.2388; -1.0569

Flore (historically spelt Floore) is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.

The A45 road divides the upper part of the village from several older, lower streets. The historical village of Glassthorpe lay in the vicinity.

The population at the 2001 census was 1,221, falling to 1,194 at the 2011 census.

The Grade II listed Flore House was built in 1608 for the Enyon family.

The thatched cottage in Flore called Adams Cottage (location) is said to be the home of the ancestors of John Adams, the second President of the United States of America.



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