Weston, Northamptonshire
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Weston is a village in the south west of the English
county of Northamptonshire
; it is part of South Northamptonshire
district. It gives its name to Weston Hall
, the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell
from 1927 until his death in 1988.
It forms the civil parish
of Weston and Weedon with neighboring Weedon Lois
or Lois Weedon.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of 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,...
; it is part of South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Towcester.The district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 79,293 people in 2000 and 91,000 in 2008, a 14.8% increase. The largest town in the district is Brackley, which has a...
district. It gives its name to Weston Hall
Weston Hall
Weston Hall is the Sitwell family house in Northamptonshire.It is in the village of Weston in the south of the county. It was the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell and his wife, the Canadian beauty Georgia Doble, from 1927 until his death in 1988. It was there that he wrote many of his 130 books on...
, the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell
Sacheverell Sitwell
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH was an English writer, best known as an art critic and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. He was the younger brother of Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell....
from 1927 until his death in 1988.
It forms the 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...
of Weston and Weedon with neighboring Weedon Lois
Weedon Lois
Weedon Lois is a village in the English county of Northamptonshire due west of the town of Towcester.It is part of South Northamptonshire district and forms a civil parish with neighbouring Weston....
or Lois Weedon.