Piddington, Northamptonshire
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 Piddington: Church of St John the Baptist |
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| Piddington shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 1,568 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP802545 |
| • London | 65 miles (105 km) |
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| 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 |
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Piddington is a village in the south of the English shire county of Northamptonshire (known as Northants) in the district of South Northamptonshire and just north of Buckinghamshire. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of Northampton town centre, in a cul-de-sac off the main road near at the War Memorial in the village of Hackleton, and about 1 mile (2 km) south-west of there. It has a geographic size of 1,693 acres (6.85 km2) and an average height of 300 ft (91 m), rising steadily to 400 ft (120 m) in Salcey Forest.
It is part of Hackleton(where the actual population is included) parish which in total has a population of 1,568 according to the 2001 census and contains 606 dwellings.
The village is part of Hackleton parish council which also covers the nearby villages of Preston Deanery and Horton as well.
It is the site of the Piddington Roman Villa. In Roman times, one of the most important roads in the country, used to transport troops, ran through the village.
Several residents of Piddington and neighbouring village Hackleton were part of the dissenter church movement in the 18th Century. William Carey lived in Hackleton, where he worked as an apprentice shoemaker, and later briefly in Piddington with his wife Dorothy Placket, before departing on his voyage with the Baptist Missionary Society to Bengal. The couple were married in St John the Baptist Church, Piddington in 1781. Initially Dorothy had refused to accompany William on his voyage, but with all decided and farewells written, the missionary party were denied a licence to travel on a vessel of the East India Company by the company directors. The opportunity then arose to travel in a Danish East Indiaman, and Dorothy was finally persuaded to leave Piddington and join her husband and son, Felix.
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