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Preston Capes

Preston Capes

Human settlement in England

Preston Capes is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population at the 2001 census was 188,[1] including Canons Abbey and increasing to 216 at the 2011 census.[2]

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The village's name means "Priest Farm/Settlement". The village was owned by Hugo filius Nicholai de Capes in 1234.[3]

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

References

  1. [1]
    Office for National Statistics: Preston Capes CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 18 November 2009
  2. [2]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Key to English Place-names".
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