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Barby
Barby shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 2,083 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | SP543703 |
| - London | 84 miles (135 km) via M1 motorway junction 18 |
| Parish | Barby |
| District | Daventry district |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RUGBY |
| Postcode district | CV23 |
| Dialling code | 01788 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Daventry |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
Barby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. In 2001[update] the parish had a population of 2,083.[1]
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Barby is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Rugby, and about 7 miles north of Daventry. The village is located upon a hill overlooking the Rains Brook and Leam valleys. The Oxford Canal is about 1 mile west running north and south and the M45 motorway runs just north of the village.
The village contains two garden centres, one is no longer open and the site is used to house limo's, a pub, a general shop and post office, and a Church of England primary school.
The village church is dedicated to St Mary is of pink sandstone and has an interesting blue clock face. The church has an Anglo-Saxon window and probably date from the 13th and 14th centuries.[2] The rectory is dated 1869.
In 1965 Owen Maclaren designed and patented the first baby buggy at Arnold House, a restored medieval farmhouse. Three bus routes used to run through the village, the 205, 207 and 208 run by First, linking it with Rugby, Northampton, Crick and other surrounding villages. However, due to Stagecoach in Warwickshire taking control of these routes, only one route (Route 10) now runs, to Rugby. Barby Cricket Ground is located opposite the windmill on Longdown Lane and the club runs successful men's, women's and junior sides.
After many years of barby not having a regular bus link to daventry there is finally is one.
Barby's name came from Old Norse Bergbýr meaning "hill dwelling"; like Rugby, Kilsby, Badby and Oadby it was probably settled or renamed by Vikings.
The Motte and earthworks from a Norman castle[3] can be found on the northern edge of the village, off Castle Mound road. There is no Bailey[2] The lost village of Onley is located in the north-west corner of Barby parish. During the Second World War there was a Prisoner of War camp in the village. A map of the old village with photographs can be found in the recently-enlarged village hall, next to which can be found a children's play area of some size. There was a windmill to the south of the village which is still standing, although the sails have been taken off and it has been converted into a private residence.
The village is twinned with Vulaines-sur-Seine in France.
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