Rockingham, Northamptonshire

Rockingham
Rockingham
Rockingham shown within Northamptonshire
Population	113 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP8691
District	Corby
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Harborough
Postcode district	LE16
Dialling code	01536

Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Corby
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°30′42″N 0°43′37″W / 52.5117°N 0.7269°W / 52.5117; -0.7269Coordinates: 52°30′42″N 0°43′37″W / 52.5117°N 0.7269°W / 52.5117; -0.7269

Rockingham is a village and civil parish in the Corby district of Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of Corby, close by the border with Leicestershire and Rutland, near to Great Easton and Caldecott. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 115 people, falling marginally to 113 at the 2011 Census. The village is the site of Rockingham Castle and gives its name to Rockingham Forest and the title Marquess of Rockingham, but Rockingham Motor Speedway is in East Northamptonshire.

Rockingham was the site of a council convened by William II on 25 February 1095, intended to depose Anselm as Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lords Spiritual, led by the Bishop of Durham, fell in line with the king, arguing that Anselm's support of the French-backed pope Urban II against the imperial pope Clement III made him a traitor to the realm. The Lords Temporal demurred and supported Anselm, in the absence of any proof of felony.