Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England.[1] The village lies on the edge of Northampton, on the A428 Bedford Road, around 2.5 miles (4 km) east-southeast of the town centre. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 651.[2]

The name "Houghton" means "hill-spur farm/settlement".[3] The village has two pubs and a large village hall and playing fields. It was also the home of Great Houghton School, a private day school which closed in 2014.[4]

The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Planning". Great Houghton Parish Council. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Great and Little Houghton". Key to English Place-names. University of Nottingham.
  4. ^ Northampton Chronicle & Echo: Children and staff face uncertain future after Northamptonshire school closes Accessed 27 JUly 2014
  5. ^ "European Severe Weather Database".


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Houghton,_Northamptonshire
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