Badby

Also known as Badby, Northamptonshire

Badby is a village and a rural parish of about in West Northamptonshire, England.

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Place details

Locality: Badby
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 632
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.civil_parish: Badby
UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Badby
UK place.population: 632
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.unitary_england: West Northamptonshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Northamptonshire
UK place.region: East Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Daventry
UK place.post_town: DAVENTRY
UK place.postcode_district: NN11
UK place.postcode_area: NN
UK place.static_image_name: Badby-Church Hill - geograph.org.uk - 933599.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Church Hill (bottom), Bunkers Hill (top), Badby
UK place.dial_code: 01327
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP559590

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Wikidata facts

Population: 645
Area: 820.41
Image: The Arch Gate - Badby Woods.jpg
Dialing code: 01327

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Commons category: Badby
OS grid reference: SP559590
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Article

22 sections

Contents

Location
Demographics
Name
History
Saxon
Norman
Ecclesiastical
Later times
The Root(e) family
Notable buildings
St Mary's Church
Badby House
Lantern House
Other houses
Schools
Morris dancing
Rural bus challenge
Badby Wood
Footpaths
Arbury Hill and earthworks
References
External links

Badby is a village and a rural parish of about in West Northamptonshire, England.

==Location== Badby is about 2 miles (3 km) south of Daventry, on the A361 Daventry to Banbury road, which still follows the route of the Lutterworth-Daventry-Banbury turnpike as approved in 1765. The parish is bisected west to east, at about above sea level, by the upper reaches of the River Nene. The village is mainly south of the river, where the land rises to Badby Down at .