Great Oxendon
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|population= 331
|population_ref= (2011)
|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire
|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire
|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= Kettering
|post_town= Market Harborough
|postcode_district = LE16
|postcode_area= LE
|dial_code= 01858
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Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797189&c=great+oxendon&d=16&e=15&g=472365&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257882801641&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Great Oxendon CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 10 November 2009. increasing to 331 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123949&c=Great+Oxendon&d=16&e=62&g=6450943&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467643142014&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=4 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
The villages name means 'oxen hill'.{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Great%20Oxendon |title = Key to English Place-names}}
Its eastern end is on the A508 road from Market Harborough to Northampton but most of the village is at 90° to the main road's north–south direction. The former railway tunnel at Great Oxendon is now open as part of the Brampton Valley Way.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about one mile south-east of the village and with running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.
Little Oxendon is a deserted medieval village about one mile north of Great Oxendon at {{gbmapping|SP730846}}.
Notable buildings
The Historic England website contains details of a total of four listed buildings in the parish of Great Oxendon, all of which are Grade II apart from St Helen's Church, which is Grade II*.{{Cite web|title=Historic England – The List|url= https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/|access-date=4 October 2015}} They are:
- St Helen's Church, Harborough Road
- 29 & 31 Main Street{{NHLE|num=1054074|access-date=4 October 2015}}
- 45 Main Street and attached barn{{NHLE|num=1067041|access-date=4 October 2015}}
- Plum Tree Cottage, Main Street{{NHLE|num=1067040|access-date=4 October 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Great Oxendon}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050831035424/http://www.greatoxendon.org.uk/ Village website]
- {{oscoor gbx|SP733833}}
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Category:Villages in Northamptonshire
Category:West Northamptonshire District
Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
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