Catesby, Northamptonshire

Catesby is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. There are two hamlets, Lower Catesby and Upper Catesby, each of which is a shrunken village. The site of the abandoned village of Newbold is also in the parish. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 76.^[1]

Catesby
One of Catesby Tunnel's ventilation shafts
Catesby Location within Northamptonshire
Population	76 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP5259
Civil parish	Catesby
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Daventry
Postcode district	NN11
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
Website	Catesby (Parish Meeting)
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.2302°N 1.2319°W / 52.2302; -1.2319

Catesby Priory was a community of Cistercian nuns in Lower Catesby, founded in about 1175 and suppressed in 1536. The Priory then became a private residence, Catesby House. There was no separate church for the village: the graveyard and chapel of Catesby House served the community.^[2]

The lexicographer, Rev.John Parkhurst was born at Lower Catesby.^[2]

In the eastern part of the parish is Catesby Tunnel, a tunnel on the former Great Central Line that was completed in 1897 and has been disused since 1966.