The Daventry district is the largest local government district

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...

 of western Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, England

England

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. The district is named after the town of Daventry

Daventry

Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...

 which is the administrative headquarters and largest town. The district is predominantly rural, other significant settlements include Brixworth

Brixworth

Brixworth is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 5,162. The village is particularly notable for All Saints' Church, Brixworth, its historic Anglo-Saxon church....

, Long Buckby

Long Buckby

Long Buckby is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, midway between Northampton and Rugby. In the 2001 census the parish of Long Buckby had a population of exactly 4,000....

 and Weedon Bec

Weedon Bec

Weedon Bec , usually just called "Weedon", is a large village and parish in the district of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. It lies close to the source of the River Nene.-Geography:...

.

The Daventry district was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, by a merger of the historic municipal borough

Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...

 of Daventry, with the Daventry Rural District

Daventry Rural District

The Daventry Rural District was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It entirely surrounded the municipal borough of Daventry. The district was administered from Daventry but did not include the town....

 and most of the Brixworth Rural District

Brixworth Rural District

The Brixworth Rural District was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1974,. It was named after and administered from the village of Brixworth.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Brixworth rural sanitary district...

. The town of Daventry became an unparished area with Charter Trustees

Charter Trustees

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 and remained so until 2003 when a civil parish was created, roughly corresponding with the boundaries of the former borough, so allowing Daventry to have its own town council

Town council

A town council is a democratically elected form of government for small municipalities or civil parishes. A council may serve as both the representative and executive branch....

.

Settlements in Daventry district:

• Althorp
  Althorp
  Althorp is a country estate of about and a stately home in Northamptonshire, England. It is about north-west of the county town of Northampton. The late Diana, Princess of Wales is buried in the estate.-History:...
  
  , Arthingworth
  Arthingworth
  Arthingworth is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.-Location:The nearest towns are Market Harborough about north and Kettering east via the A14 road which connects the town to the M1, M6 and M11 motorways.-Buildings of note:The church of...
  
  , Ashby St Ledgers
  Ashby St Ledgers
  Ashby St Ledgers is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England, although the postal address is Rugby in Warwickshire. The Manor House is famous for being the location for the planning of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. The building is now part of the Crown estate.-Location:The...
  
  
• Badby
  Badby
  Badby is a village and a rural parish of about in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.-Location:Badby is about south of Daventry, on the A361 Daventry to Banbury road. It is bisected west to east, at about above sea level, by the upper reaches of the River Nene...
  
  , Barby
  Barby, Northamptonshire
  Barby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. the parish had a population of 2,083.-Location:Barby is located approximately 5 miles south of Rugby, and about 7 miles north of Daventry. The village is located upon a hill overlooking the Rains Brook and...
  
  , Boughton
  Boughton, Northamptonshire
  Boughton is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England, about from Northampton town centre along the A508 road between Northampton and Market Harborough. The parish area straddles both side of the road but the main part of the village is east...
  
  , Braunston, Brington, Brixworth
  Brixworth
  Brixworth is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 5,162. The village is particularly notable for All Saints' Church, Brixworth, its historic Anglo-Saxon church....
  
  , Brockhall
  Brockhall, Northamptonshire
  Brockhall is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. Brockhall, like many estate villages, is a small settlement based around the hall...
  
  , Byfield
  Byfield, Northamptonshire
  Byfield is a village and civil parish forming part of the Daventry district in Northamptonshire, England.- History :Byfield, with Westhorp, was mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has been close to many of the important events in history. During the Wars of the Roses, in 1469 the battle of Edgecote...
  
  
• Canons Ashby
  Canons Ashby
  Canons Ashby is a small village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.Its most notable building is Canons Ashby House, a National Trust property. The parish church is a surviving fragment of Canons Ashby Priory.It is situated one mile from Moreton...
  
  , Chapel Brampton
  Chapel Brampton
  Chapel Brampton is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with nearby Church Brampton, it is known as The Bramptons...
  
  , Charwelton
  Charwelton
  Charwelton is a village and civil parish about south of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. Its toponym is derived from the River Cherwell beside which the village stands....
  
  , Church Brampton
  Church Brampton
  Church Brampton is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with nearby Chapel Brampton the two villages are known as The Bramptons. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 251 people....
  
  , Church Stowe
  Church Stowe
  Church Stowe is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Stowe Nine Churches.- External links :*...
  
  , Clay Coton
  Clay Coton
  Clay Coton is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.The village is dominated by the mediaeval former church of St. Andrews. Built in 1340, it fell into disuse in the 1950s and was renovated as a private house in 2000...
  
    Clipston
  Clipston, Northamptonshire
  Clipston is a village and civil parish that is administered as part of the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. The town of Market Harborough is much nearer and so the village may be regarded as an economic satellite of that town rather than Daventry. At the time of the 2001 census,...
  
  , Cold Ashby
  Cold Ashby
  Cold Ashby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 255 people....
  
  , Coton
  Coton, Northamptonshire
  Coton is a hamlet in the English county of Northamptonshire.It is located between Guilsborough and Ravensthorpe. Coton is in the civil parish of the latter which, in turn is part of Daventry district. Coton Manor is a popular visitor attraction for its gardens and bluebell woods.- External links :*...
  
  , Cottesbrooke
  Cottesbrooke
  Cottesbrooke is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 144 people.-Location:...
  
  , Creaton
  Creaton
  Creaton is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the shire county of Northamptonshire, England.-Location:The village is north west of the town of Northampton and south east of the city of Leicester, along the A5199, formerly the A50, trunk road...
  
  , Crick
  Crick, Northamptonshire
  Crick is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the border with Warwickshire, west of Rugby and north-west of Northampton. The villages of Crick and West Haddon were by-passed by the A428 main road from Rugby to Northampton when the...
  
  
• Daventry
  Daventry
  Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...
  
  , Dodford
  Dodford, Northamptonshire
  Dodford is a village in the county of Northamptonshire, England, within the Weedon Ward of Daventry District. The village is just north of the A45 road 1½ miles west of Weedon. It is 3½ miles east of Daventry and ten miles west of Northampton. It is also close to junction 16 of the M1 motorway...
  
  , Draughton
  Draughton, Northamptonshire
  Draughton is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated approximately one mile east of Maidwell at .-RAF Harrington:...
  
  
• East Farndon
  East Farndon
  East Farndon is a small linear village and civil parish about one mile south of Market Harborough in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The village is close to the border with Leicestershire, and has a Leicestershire post code and telephone dialling code...
  
  , East Haddon
  East Haddon
  East Haddon is a small village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The village is located eight miles from Northampton and is surrounded by the villages of Holdenby, Ravensthorpe and Long Buckby...
  
  , Elkington
  Elkington, Northamptonshire
  Elkington is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.The village was described as Elkynton and other variants in 1377 having 30 taxpayers over the age of 14...
  
  , Everdon
  Everdon
  Everdon is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England some two miles south of Daventry.Nearby The Stubbs is a wood belonging to the Woodland Trust, a UK conservation charity...
  
  
• Farthingstone
  Farthingstone
  Farthingstone is a village in the district of Daventry in the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the major trunk routes of the M1 junction 16, M40 motorway, and A5 road, in secluded location at the head of a picturesque valley....
  
  , Fawsley
  Fawsley
  Fawsley is a hamlet and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2001 census was 32....
  
  , Flore
  Flore, Northamptonshire
  Flore is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The A45 road divides the upper part of the village from several older, lower streets. The population at the 2001 census was 1,221.- External links :...
  
  
• Great Brington
  Great Brington
  Great Brington is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. The village, in the civil parish of Brington, has a population of about 200. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and St John....
  
  , Great Oxendon
  Great Oxendon
  Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people....
  
  , Guilsborough
  Guilsborough
  Guilsborough is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 660 people....
  
  
• Hanging Houghton
  Hanging Houghton
  Hanging Houghton is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is on the A508 road between Brixworth and Lamport, in the civil parish of Lamport. It is mentioned in the stories of "B.B." Watkins-Pitchford. Hanging Houghton's poachers were as notorious as...
  
  , Hannington
  Hannington, Northamptonshire
  Hannington is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census the parish's population was 207 people.- Ancient history of Hannington and the Church of St Peter and St Paul :...
  
  , Harlestone
  Harlestone
  Harlestone is a small village and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is divided into two smaller settlements, Upper and Lower Harlestone. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 420 people....
  
  , Haselbech
  Haselbech
  Haselbech is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 87 people. At the centre of the village stands Haselbech Hall, a Jacobean-revival mansion, and the village church. Both are...
  
  , Hellidon
  Hellidon
  Hellidon is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 180; it reached its highest population, 449, in 1861....
  
  , Holcot
  Holcot
  Holcot is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 399 people....
  
  , Holdenby
  Holdenby
  Holdenby is a village and civil parish about north-west of Northampton in Northamptonshire.The Church of England parish church of All Saints, Holdenby dates from the 14th century...
  
  , Hollowell
  Hollowell
  Hollowell is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population, including the nearby hamlet of Teeton, was 353 people.-Geography:...
  
  
• Kelmarsh
  Kelmarsh
  Kelmarsh is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the A508, close to its junction with the A14 about south of Market Harborough and north of Northampton.-Buildings:...
  
  , Kilsby
  Kilsby
  Kilsby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England situated approximately five miles south-east of Rugby....
  
  
• Lamport
  Lamport, Northamptonshire
  Lamport is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the A508, about south of Market Harborough and north of Northampton. Nearby is Lamport Hall...
  
  , Lilbourne
  Lilbourne
  Lilbourne is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the M1 motorway which runs past the village, and the A5 road, east of the village. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 363 people.-History:...
  
  , Little Brington
  Little Brington
  Little Brington is a village in Brington civil parish, in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England.-Little Brington church:Little Brington church is notable for having a spire but no nave...
  
  , Long Buckby
  Long Buckby
  Long Buckby is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, midway between Northampton and Rugby. In the 2001 census the parish of Long Buckby had a population of exactly 4,000....
  
  , Lower Catesby
  Lower Catesby
  Lower Catesby is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with Upper Catesby it forms the civil parish of Catesby. The Jurassic Way long distance path passes through Lower Catesby.- External links :*...
  
  
• Maidwell
  Maidwell
  Maidwell is a village and civil parish in the Daventry districtof the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had 325 inhabitants....
  
  , Marston Trussell
  Marston Trussell
  Marston Trussell is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Marston Trussell was first recorded as 'Mersitone', meaning marsh settlement.The parish includes Thorpe Lubenham...
  
  , Moulton
  Moulton, Northamptonshire
  Moulton is a large village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.-Education:There is one major school in Moulton which serves other surrounding small villages in the area....
  
  
• Naseby
  Naseby
  Naseby is a small village in the District of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England.The village is 14 mi north of Northampton, 13.3 mi northeast of Daventry, and 7 mi south of Market Harborough. It is 2.4 mi from Junction 2 of the A14 road, giving it access to the national road system...
  
  , Newnham
  Newnham, Northamptonshire
  Newnham is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The village is south of Daventry, west from Weedon Bec, west of junction 16 of the M1 motorway and west of Northampton. The A45 road runs a mile northwest of the village...
  
  , Norton
  Norton, Northamptonshire
  Norton is a village in the district of Daventry in the English County of Northamptonshire. The village is about east of Daventry, west of Northampton. Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is about south-east and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby to the east...
  
  
• Old
  Old, Northamptonshire
  Old is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 308 people....
  
  , Overstone
  Overstone, Northamptonshire
  Overstone is a civil parish and small village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 650 people....
  
  
• Pitsford
  Pitsford
  Pitsford is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 636 people...
  
  , Preston Capes
  Preston Capes
  Preston Capes is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The population at the 2001 census was 188.-External links :*...
  
  
• Ravensthorpe
  Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
  Ravensthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The village lies approximately midway between Northampton and Rugby. The M1 motorway is six miles west and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby...
  
  
• Scaldwell
  Scaldwell
  Scaldwell is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England.Scaldwell is tiny and has neither shops nor pubs; at the time of the 2001 census the parish had a population of 271 living in 113 households. It has an ageing population. The nearest place for school,...
  
  , Sibbertoft
  Sibbertoft
  Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 343 people....
  
  , Spratton
  Spratton
  Spratton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. The local government authority is Daventry District Council. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,099 people. Spratton is 7.1 miles north of Northampton, 6.5 miles from Long Buckby and 11.4...
  
  , Stanford-on-Avon
  Stanford-on-Avon
  Stanford-on-Avon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanford in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies next to the River Avon which here forms the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On the Leicestershire side of the river is the historic house of...
  
  , Staverton
  Staverton, Northamptonshire
  Staverton is a village and civil parish in the south-west of Northamptonshire, England. It is 2.3 miles west of Daventry, 7.9 miles east of Southam and 15.3 miles east of Leamington Spa...
  
  , Sulby
  Sulby, Northamptonshire
  Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.Sulby Reservoir lies to the south of the settlement.Rene Payne bought Sulby Hall in 1792.-External links:* parish meeting...
  
  
• Teeton
  Teeton
  Teeton is a village in Hollowell civil parish, part of the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England....
  
  , Thornby
  Thornby, Northamptonshire
  Thornby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It has a Manor house. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 162 people....
  
  
• Upper Catesby
  Upper Catesby
  Upper Catesby is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with Lower Catesby it forms the civil parish of Catesby....
  
  , Upper Stowe
  Upper Stowe
  Upper Stowe is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is in the civil parish of Stowe Nine Churches.- External links :...
  
  
• Walgrave
  Walgrave
  Walgrave is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 822 people.-Landmarks:...
  
  , Watford
  Watford, Northamptonshire
  Watford is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It should not be confused with the more significant town of Watford in Hertfordshire which is 50 miles to the south. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 224 people.It...
  
  , Weedon Bec
  Weedon Bec
  Weedon Bec , usually just called "Weedon", is a large village and parish in the district of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. It lies close to the source of the River Nene.-Geography:...
  
  , Welford
  Welford, Northamptonshire
  Welford is a village and civil parish in England. It is located on the River Avon border between the counties of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,016 people....
  
  , Welton
  Welton, Northamptonshire
  Welton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. The village is located north of the nearest town Daventry. It is west-northwest of Northampton, south east of Rugby and north-west of London. The village is of the A361 that runs between Daventry and Crick where...
  
  , West Haddon
  West Haddon
  West Haddon is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England about north-west of Northampton and east of Rugby and just off the A428 road which by-passes the village...
  
  , Whilton
  Whilton
  Whilton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. The village is in the Daventry district.Whilton is north west of London, 9.7 miles west of Northampton and 15.6miles south-east of Rugby...
  
  , Winwick
  Winwick, Northamptonshire
  Winwick is a small village, a lost settlement and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The modern settlement is north of West Haddon. A 16th century brick manor house remains on the site....
  
  , Woodford Halse
  Woodford Halse
  Woodford Halse is a village about south of Daventry in Northamptonshire. It is in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris, which includes also village of Hinton and hamlet of West Farndon...
  
  
• Yelvertoft
  Yelvertoft
  Yelvertoft is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 821 people....
  
  

Historical settlements

• Bannaventa
  Bannaventa
  Bannaventa was a Romano British Fortified Town which was situated on the Roman road of Watling Street, which today is known as the A5 trunk road. Bannaventa is northeast of the village of Norton in the English county of Northamptonshire...
  
  

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas

Centrica

Centrica plc is a multinational utility company, based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America. Centrica is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the UK, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names "Scottish Gas" in...

 showed that housing in the district of Daventy produced the 7th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,276 kg of carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...

per dwelling.