Nortoft

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Nortoft was once a distinct hamlet between the Northamptonshire village of Guilsborough and the main road connecting Leicester and Northampton (now the A5199) in the English Midlands.

However due to Guilsborough's expansion the two communities are now merged.

Nortoft, a hamlet now part of Guilsborough village is thought to have medieval origins and was based along the spring line. In the two fields below Nortoft Cottage lies evidence of what is believed to be several building platforms of this earlier settlement, serviced by a now disused track, but this is yet to be verified by excavation. Nortoft Cottage is based around a very old cob cottage and was likely to be part of the original village settlement, and so is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, house in the village. Earlier remains of a small fortified Roman settlement can still be seen as a raised bank below the church, at the corner of the High Street and the Coton Road. Cromwell camped at Guilsborough the night before the Battle of Naseby (14 June 1645) and so would have marched through Nortoft on the way to battle.

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	Althorp Arthingworth Ashby St Ledgers Badby Barby Barby Nortoft Boughton Braunston Brixworth Brockhall Byfield Canons Ashby Chapel Brampton Charwelton Church Brampton Church Stowe Clay Coton Clipston Cold Ashby Coton Cottesbrooke Creaton Crick Daventry Dodford Draughton East Farndon East Haddon Elkington Everdon Farthingstone Fawsley Flore Great Brington Great Oxendon Guilsborough Hanging Houghton Hannington Harlestone Haselbech Hellidon Hinton Holcot Holdenby Hollowell Kelmarsh Kilsby Lamport Lilbourne Little Brington Little Everdon Long Buckby Lower Catesby Maidwell Marston Trussell Moulton Naseby Newnham Nobottle Nortoft Norton Old Overstone Pitsford Preston Capes Ravensthorpe Scaldwell Sibbertoft Snorscombe Spratton Stanford-on-Avon Staverton Sulby Teeton Thornby Upper Catesby Upper Stowe Walgrave Watford Weedon Bec Welford Welton West Farndon West Haddon Westhorp Whilton Winwick Woodford Halse Yelvertoft

Coordinates: 52°21′13″N 1°00′37″W / 52.35362°N 1.01037°W / 52.35362; -1.01037

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