Orton, Northamptonshire

Human settlement in England

Orton

Unitary authority

North Northamptonshire

Ceremonial county

Northamptonshire

Region

East Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKetteringPostcode districtNN14Dialling code01536PoliceNorthamptonshireFire Northamptonshire Ambulance East Midlands UK Parliament

Kettering

WebsiteLoddington Parish Council

List of places: UK; England; Northamptonshire

52°24′27″N 0°49′05″W / 52.4076°N 0.8181°W / 52.4076; -0.8181

Orton is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) west of Kettering, in North Northamptonshire, England.

The villages name means 'Higher farm/settlement' or 'ridge farm/settlement'.^[1]

References

^ "Key to English Place-names".

Further reading

Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 361. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.
RCHME, ed. (1979). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire. Vol. 2, Archaeological Sites in Central Northamptonshire. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 120.

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