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Oundle
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Overview
Oundle is a market town and civil parish on the left bank of the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 6,254 at the time of the 2021 census. It is 69 miles north of London and 12 mi (19 km) south-west of Peterborough. The town is home to Oundle School.
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History
The town's name origin is uncertain. It is probably an old district name, in a grammatical form suggesting a tribal name, 'the Undalas'. Discoveries of prehistoric and Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman materials suggest that Oundle has been a settlement location for several thousand years. Findings have included a number of Iron Age coins, and Roman bronze pins, coins and skeletons. A significant Roman find was part of a Roman cup discovered in the church yard of St Peter's Church in the early 19th century. Further excavation on the site led to the findings of many Roman coins, some from the time of the reign of Emperor Claudius. The finding of red tile and building stone at a site near Ashton Road, Oundle is seen as suggestive that there may have been a Roman villa there; a nearby archaeological evaluation found a ditch containing fragments of Romano-British pottery. It is the death place of St Wilfrid in 709 AD where he had consecrated a church as well as being the location of one of his monasteries. The current St Peter's Church occupies the same site as St Wilfrid's original church. The first clear reference to Oundle is to be found in a 715 account by Eddi, who was the chantor to St Wilfrid, who referred to it as Undolum. Bede variously refers to it as Inundalum and Undulana mœgð. is the patron saint of Oundle. Very little is known of him but according to the Anglo-Saxon Secgan manuscript he was buried in the monastery at Oundle, near the River Nene. A chapel to him was built in the 11th century, on the small knoll beyond the end of St Osyths Lane. This and the market charter granted in 972 explain the growth of Oundle in the 12th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Oundle in Polebrook hundred with a population of 36 households, a mill and a value in…
Geography
Oundle is a town located in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire county, on the River Nene, with Corby 9 miles to the west, and Peterborough 12 miles to the north-east. Oundle falls into the 'PE8' post-code district for Peterborough. The Oundle Parish consists of approximately 900 hectares and covers the entire urban build, as well as open countryside. The boundary follows the River Nene to the East and South of the town, and extends west to Oundle Wood and north to Park Wood. This boundary was established during an extensive East Northants Boundary review in 2013. The region itself is located on solid formations from the Jurassic age, with Oundle being built on the sedimentary rock oolite.
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Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- E04006742
- Population (Wikidata)
- 5,345
- Wikidata
- Q263497
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names