Wilbarston

Wilbarston
Wilbarston
 Wilbarston shown within Northamptonshire
Population 753 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP8188
DistrictKettering
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Market Harborough
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01536
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentKettering
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Coordinates: 52°29′18″N 0°48′04″W / 52.4884°N 0.8012°W / 52.4884; -0.8012

Wilbarston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire in the Welland valley. It is administered as part of the borough of Kettering and is five miles east of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough, via the A427. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 767 people,[1] including Pipewell but reducing slightly to 753 at the 2011 Census.[2]

It has no secondary schools, but one primary school - Wilbarston C of E Primary School[3] - that dates back to 1845. It was built with the intention of serving seven villages: Wilbarston, Stoke Albany, Dingley, Weston by Welland, Sutton Bassett, Ashley and Brampton Ash.


References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Wilbarston CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 30 November 2009
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ School website

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