Achurch

Achurch (formerly Asenciran sometimes referred to as Thorpe Achurch) is a village in the civil parish of Thorpe Achurch, in North Northamptonshire, England. Situated on a small rise above the River Nene, 5 miles South of the market town of Oundle, the population of the civil parish of Thorpe Achurch at the 2011 census was 421.

This article is about the village in England. For the surname, see Achurch (surname).

Achurch
The elaborate cover for the village well
Achurch
Location within Northamptonshire
Population421 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL021830
Civil parish
  • Thorpe Achurch
Unitary authority
  • North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county
  • Northamptonshire
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPETERBOROUGH
Postcode districtPE8
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

The parish includes the Grade I listed property Lilford Hall and the Grade II* listed Church of St. John the Baptist, an early and late 13th-century Anglican church restored and enlarged by architect William Slater in 1862.

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