Official Name: | Clipston |
Static Image Name: | Clipston Chapel.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Clipston Chapel |
Coordinates: | 52.4268°N -0.9499°W |
Population: | 643 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
Os Grid Reference: | SP7181 |
Civil Parish: | Clipston |
Unitary England: | West Northamptonshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | MARKET HARBOROUGH |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Postcode District: | LE16 |
Dial Code: | 01858 |
Constituency Westminster: | Kettering |
Website: | Clipston Parish Council |
Clipston is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village lies around 4miles south-southwest of the town of Market Harborough in the neighbouring county of Leicestershire. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 643,[1] an increase from 613 at the 2001 Census.[2]
All Saints Church is a Grade I listed building, dating from the early 13th century. There are many 17th and 18th century monuments to the Buswell family of London merchants.[3]
The Baptist Chapel of 1803 has a front by Edmund Francis Law of 1864.[3]
To the west of the church is Clipston Primary School. The school was previously used as a hospital and dates back to 1667–73.[3] The school celebrated its 350th birthday in 2017.[4] A distinctive feature of the school is its one handed clock that appears at the front of the building.[5]
Clipston has a pub The Bull's Head.
There is a village hall and a green.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about 3 miles north-east of the village and running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.