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Daventry (district)
| Daventry District | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Northamptonshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 59th 665.61 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Daventry |
| ONS code: | 34UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 307th 73,521 110 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.0% White |
| Politics | |
| Daventry District Council http://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Tim Boswell, Phil Sawford |
The Daventry district is a large local government district of western Northamptonshire, England. Named after the town of Daventry which is the administrative headquarters and largest town, other significant settlements in the district include Brixworth, Long Buckby and Weedon Bec. Most of the district is rural and sparsely populated.
Since 1576 the town of Daventry had borough status. The present Daventry district was created on April 1st 1974. By a merger of the Daventry borough with the Daventry Rural District and the Brixworth Rural District . In 2003 a new civil parish was created covering the town of Daventry, roughly corresponding with the boundaries of the former Daventry borough, allowing Daventry to have its own town council.
Settlements in Daventry district
- Althorp Arthingworth Ashby St Ledgers
- Badby Barby Boughton Braunston Brington Brixworth Brockhall Byfield
- Canons Ashby Chapel Brampton Charwelton Church Brampton Clay Coton Clipston Cold Ashby Cottesbrooke Creaton Crick
- Daventry Dodford Draughton
- East Farndon East Haddon Elkington Everdon
- Farthingstone Fawsley Flore
- Great Brington Great Oxendon Guilsborough
- Hanging Houghton Hannington Harlestone Haselbech Hellidon Holcot Holdenby Hollowell
- Kelmarsh Kilsby
- Lamport Lilbourne Little Brington Long Buckby Lower Catesby
- Maidwell Marston Trussell Moulton
- Naseby Newnham Norton
- Old Overstone
- Pitsford Preston Capes
- Ravensthorpe
- Scaldwell Sibbertoft Spratton Stanford-on-Avon Staverton Stowe Sulby
- Teeton Thornby
- Upper Catesby
- Walgrave Watford Weedon Bec Welford Welton West Haddon Whilton Winwick Woodford Halse
- Yelvertoft
Roman Settlement Bannaventa
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