Great Oxendon

Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people,^[1] increasing to 331 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Great Oxendon
Great Oxendon Location within Northamptonshire
Population	331 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP7383
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Harborough
Postcode district	LE16
Dialling code	01858
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Kettering
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.443°N 0.922°W / 52.443; -0.922

The villages name means 'oxen hill'.^[3]

Its eastern end is on the A508 road from Market Harborough to Northampton but most of the village is at 90° to the main road's north–south direction. The former railway tunnel at Great Oxendon is now open as part of the Brampton Valley Way.

Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about one mile south-east of the village and with running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.

Little Oxendon is a deserted medieval village about one mile north of Great Oxendon at grid reference SP730846.

Notable buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of four listed buildings in the parish of Great Oxendon, all of which are Grade II apart from St Helen's Church, which is Grade II*.^[4] They are:

• St Helen's Church, Harborough Road
• 29 & 31 Main Street^[5]
• 45 Main Street and attached barn^[6]
• Plum Tree Cottage, Main Street^[7]

See also

• Oxendon Rural District