Flore, Northamptonshire

{{Short description|Village in Northamptonshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}

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|country = England

|official_name= Flore

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|population= 1,194

|population_ref= (2011)

|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire

|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire

|region= East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Daventry

|post_town= Northampton

|postcode_district = NN7

|postcode_area= NN

|dial_code= 01327

|os_grid_reference= SP6460

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|static_image_caption= All Saints' Church, Flore

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Flore (historically spelled as Floore){{cite book|title=The AA Road Book of England and Wales|publisher=Automobile Association|date=1957|page=255}} is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England.

The village's name means 'Floor', perhaps referring to a Roman tessellated pavement. South of the neighbouring parish of Nether Heyford such a pavement has been unearthed. Alternatively, it may refer to the situation of the village in the valley bottom of the River Nene.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Floore|title = Key to English Place-names}}

The A45 road divided the upper part of the village from several older, lower streets until a bypass opened on 15 November 2018. The historical village of Glassthorpe lay in the vicinity.

The population at the 2001 census was 1,221,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797188&c=flore&d=16&e=15&g=472394&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257801838816&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Flore CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 9 November 2009 falling to 1,194 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123503&c=Flore&d=16&e=62&g=6450972&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467554436312&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=3 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

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

The thatched cottage in Flore called Adams Cottage ([http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-360757-adams-cottage-flore-northamptonshire/osmap location]) is said to be the home of the ancestors of John Adams, the second President of the United States of America.