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Potterspury
Potterspury shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 1,391 |
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| OS grid reference | SP7543 |
| - London | 61 miles (98 km) |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Towcester |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Daventry |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
Potterspury is a village and civil parish in the district of South Northamptonshire. The nearest main town is Milton Keynes, the centre of which is about 7 miles south-east. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,391 people living in 591 households.[1]
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It is on the A5 road, formerly the Roman road of Watling Street between Towcester to the north and Stony Stratford to the south.
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas and there has been a church on the site since at least 1087, originally granted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby to Bernard the Scribe.[2]
There is small shop with Post Office and the village has two pubs, The Talbot on the A5 and The Cock on the High Street, with a Sports and Social club at the bottom of Meadow View where Potterspury FC are the village football club.
Educational provision in the village includes the all-boys' Potterspury Lodge School, which helps children with learning difficulties, and John Hellins Primary School. The latter has about 115 children, aged 4–11. Most leavers go on to Kingsbrook School, Deanshanger, as their secondary school. John Hellins was a mathematician and astronomer who, as parish priest at Potterspury, founded and taught in the village school.[3]