Towcester
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thumb|St Lawrence's Church, Towcester thumb|Watling Street, looking north thumb|Chantry House, Watling Street Towcester ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the South Northamptonshire district.
Key facts
- UK place.dial_code
- 01327
- UK place.official_name
- Towcester
- UK place.static_image_name
- Towcester Church and Town Hall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Lawrence's Church and Towcester Town Hall
- UK place.population
- 11,542
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP691481
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Towcester
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- TOWCESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- NN
- UK place.postcode_district
- NN12
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Northamptonshire
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Northamptonshire
- Population
- 8930
- Area
- 2178.99
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.towcester-tc.gov.uk
- Image
- Towcester Town Hall.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01327
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- Commons category
- Towcester
- OS grid reference
- SP691481
- postal code
- NN12
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Cyrillus Jarre
- P8168
- Martin Kobler
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistoric and Roman periods
- Saxon period and Medieval age
- Georgian and Victorian periods
- 20th century and beyond
- Geography
- Governance
- Facilities and notable sites
- Local media
- Sport
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- Cultural representation
- References
- External links
thumb|St Lawrence's Church, Towcester thumb|Watling Street, looking north thumb|Chantry House, Watling Street
Towcester ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the South Northamptonshire district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Towcester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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