Alderton, Northamptonshire

Alderton, Northamptonshire

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 52.10
longitude=-00.92
official_name =Alderton
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shire_county= Northamptonshire
region= East Midlands
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os_grid_reference= SP7446

Alderton is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, situated about eleven miles north-west of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire.

As a parish, it was merged with Grafton Regis in 1935. An independent parish for the village was set up again on April 1, 2004.

Sir Arthur Hesilrige, of Alderton, was one of the five MPs impeached by King Charles I in 1642.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/asop/south_northants/alderton_az.shtml BBC page on the village]


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