Lilbourne

Coordinates: 52°23′09″N 1°10′28″W / 52.3857°N 1.1745°W / 52.3857; -1.1745

Lilbourne
Remains of Lilbourne station
Lilbourne  Lilbourne shown within Northamptonshire
Population	363
OS grid reference	SP5676
District	Daventry
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Rugby
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

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Lilbourne is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the M1 motorway which runs past the village, and the A5 road, east of the village. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 363 people.^[1]

History

Just outside Lilbourne is the River Avon and the remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle. The local church is earlier still, with parts being of Saxon origin.

No. 73 Squadron RAF was stationed at Lilbourne during World War I. Lilbourne once had a railway station on the former London and North Western Railway line from Rugby to Market Harborough which closed in 1966 - one of thousands of rural stations and lines which were closed by the Beeching Axe. The station was situated away from the main part of the village on the very outskirts.

Amenities

Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground, the first privately-owned natural burial ground in the UK, is in Lilbourne.^[2]

References

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