Lowick, Northamptonshire

Lowick is a village and civil parish forming part of the district of North Northamptonshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Thrapston. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Luhwik, and later as Lofwyk and in 1167 as Luffewich. The name derives from Old English "Luhha's or Luffa's dwelling place", wic being cognate to vicus in Latin.^[1] At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 298 people.^[2]

Lowick
St Peter's Church, Lowick
Lowick Location within Northamptonshire
Population	298 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SP9780
Unitary authority	North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Kettering
Postcode district	NN14
Dialling code	01832
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.413°N 0.567°W / 52.413; -0.567

The village should not be confused with Lowick, Northumberland.

Buildings

Drayton House is 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of the village.

St Peter's Church was built by the Greene family of Drayton between the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.^[3] The former school building in Drayton Road was built by Sir John Germaine and his wife and dates from 1717 to 1725.^[3]

The George Eliot book Middlemarch was written, at least in part, in the village's old rectory, which is mentioned in the book itself.