Kings Cliffe is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in East

East Northamptonshire

East Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Thrapston and Rushden, which is the largest town in the area...

 Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

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, England

England

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, between Corby

Corby

Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...

 and Peterborough

Peterborough

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.
It once had its own railway station

Kingscliffe railway station

King's Cliffe railway station is a former railway station in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway, being situated on their line between and Peterborough, but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway.The station was...

, which is now closed.

Population

At the time of the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, the parish's population was 1,137 people.

The 1871 census recorded that the parish had a population of 1259.. By the time of the 1891 census the village's population had fallen to 1082 occupying 262 "inhabited houses".

Notable residents

• William Law
  William Law
  William Law was an English cleric, divine and theological writer.-Early life:Law was born at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire in 1686. In 1705 he entered as a sizar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained...
  
   - English Anglican divine
• James Humphreys - English crime writer, a former resident of the neighbouring village of Apethorpe
  Apethorpe
  Apethorpe is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire district of the shire county of Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census records a population of 133....
  
  ; his novel Sleeping Partner is partly set in Kings Cliffe
• Fenech-Soler
  Fenech-Soler
  Fenech-Soler are a British electropop band from Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire that formed in 2006. It consists of four members: Ross Duffy, Ben Duffy, Daniel Soler and Andrew Lindsay. The name Fenech-Soler is taken from Daniel Soler's full surname, which is Maltese...
  
  - English band producing electronic music.

External links

• Parish Council Kings Cliffe Parish Council Website
• Village Forum Kings Cliffe Village Forum
• Geograph images database of images of the village and surrounding areas
• King's Cliffe Heritage - local history resource