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Silverstone

This article is about the village. For the motor racing circuit, see Silverstone Circuit. For other uses, see Silverstone (disambiguation).

Silverstone
Silverstone is located in Northamptonshire
Silverstone
Silverstone
Location within Northamptonshire
Population1,989 (2001 census)[1]
2,176 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP670440
Civil parish
  • Silverstone
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTowcester
Postcode districtNN12
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteSilverstone Village
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°05′24″N 1°01′26″W / 52.090°N 1.024°W / 52.090; -1.024

Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about four miles (six kilometres) from Towcester on the former A43 main road, 10 miles (16 km) from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about 12 miles (19 km) from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,176.[2] The A43 now bypasses to the south-east of the village.

The village's name probably means, 'farm/settlement of Saewulf/Sigewulf'.[3]

The Silverstone Circuit, the current home of the British Grand Prix, is located nearby; it straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Silvestone and Selvestone.

  1. ^ "Area: Silverstone CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".

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