Английская Википедия:Clipston, Northamptonshire

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Clipston is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village lies around Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of the town of Market Harborough in the neighbouring county of Leicestershire. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 643,[1] an increase from 613 at the 2001 Census.[2]

Buildings and facilities

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All Saints Church

All Saints Church is a Grade I listed building, dating from the early 13th century. There are many 17th and 18th century monuments to the Buswell family of London merchants.[3]

The Baptist Chapel of 1803 has a front by Edmund Francis Law of 1864.[3]

To the west of the church is Clipston Primary School. The school was previously used as a hospital and dates back to 1667–73.[3] The school celebrated its 350th birthday in 2017.[4] A distinctive feature of the school is its one handed clock that appears at the front of the building.[5]

Clipston has a pub The Bull's Head.

There is a village hall and a green.

Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about 3 miles north-east of the village and running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.

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