Litchborough

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{{infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Litchborough

|coordinates = {{coord|52.1850|-1.0800|display=inline,title}}

|population= 300

|population_ref= (2001 census) {{Cite book | author=SNC| title=South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011| date=2009 | location=Towcester | pages=39}}
321 (2011 census)

|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire

|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire

|region= East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= South Northamptonshire

|post_town= Towcester

|postcode_district = NN12

|postcode_area= NN

|dial_code= 01327

|os_grid_reference= SP6254

|london_distance= {{convert|69|mi|km|0}}

|static_image= File:St Martin's, Litchborough - geograph.org.uk - 143079.jpg

|static_image_caption= St Martin's Church, Litchborough

}}

Litchborough is a historic village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 300 people,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797361&c=litchborough&d=16&e=15&g=473703&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1260561148593&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Litchborough CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 11 December 2009 increasing to 321 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125643&c=Litchborough&d=16&e=62&g=6452246&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467799139624&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=6 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The villages name probably means, 'enclosure hill'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Litchborough|title = Key to English Place-names}}

The manor of Litchborough, and that of nearby Weedon Pinkney, belonged in the fourteenth century to the Wale family, and passed by descent to the Malorre family. More recently, new built housing has increased the number of dwellings to 111 and the population to 449.

It is about {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} north-west of Towcester, 2 miles off the A5 on the Banbury Road.

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Martin.

The village has an active Village Hall and a pub, the Old Red Lion.

The village has a well supported Parish Council chaired by Tim Sykes of the Old Rectory, a businessman who chaired the hostel sector hospitality company Beds & Bars. Gareth Lugar-Mawson, a retired High Court Judge who has served in Hong Kong and Brunei, also serves on the Parish Council.

There is an informative village community website - litchborough.org.uk - with local news, details of events and Parish Council information.