Thrapston

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Thrapston

Coordinates52.40°, -0.54°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Thrapston is a market town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It was the headquarters of the former East Northamptonshire district, and at the time of the 2021 census, had a population of 7,238.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

John Dryden

17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich

Royal Navy admiral (1625-1672)

Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford

British peer and ornithologist (1833-1896)

William Coales

British long-distance runner (1886-1960)

Catherine Barton

society wit, Isaac Newton's niece

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Donald Gainer

British diplomat (1891–1966)

Hester Chapone

British writer

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Alfred Roberts

British grocer (1892-1970)

John Dolben

Archbishop of York (1625-1686)

Christopher Whall

English stained glass designer and artist

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Elizabeth Creed

British amateur artist (1642-1728)

George Edmund Street

British architect (1824-1881)

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Harold Nunley

cricketer (1912-2005)

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Hugo Ironside

British brigadier (1918–2008)

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John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford

British peer (1863-1945)

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Matthias Nicoll

Secretary of New York, mayor of New York City, judge at the Court of Oyer and Terminer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Thrapston

[Report 1959]

Oundle and Thrapston (England). Rural District Council · 1959

[Report 1957]

Oundle and Thrapston (England). Rural District Council · 1957

[Report 1962]

Oundle and Thrapston (England). Rural District Council · 1962

[Report 1953-1954]

Oundle and Thrapston (England). Rural District Council · 1954

Thrapston district plan

East Northamptonshire (England). District Council. · 1981

Thrapston replacement local plan

East Northamptonshire (England). District Council. · 1988

Woodford juxta Thrapston

Eric Humphries · 1985

Oundle and Thrapston Rural District Northamptonshire

1972

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Seen 2026-09-26

False Flat-Backed Millipede

Nanogona polydesmoides

Seen 2026-09-26

Silver-sided Sector Spider

Zygiella x-notata

Seen 2026-09-24

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-24

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-23

Ivy Cellophane Bee

Colletes hederae

Seen 2026-09-23

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).