Fenny Compton

Fenny Compton

SS Peter and Clare parish church
Fenny Compton
 Fenny Compton shown within Warwickshire
Population 808 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP417523
Civil parishFenny Compton
DistrictStratford-on-Avon
Shire countyWarwickshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Warwickshire
Fire Warwickshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
List of places
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England
Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°10′01″N 1°23′24″W / 52.167°N 1.39°W / 52.167; -1.39

Fenny Compton is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, about eight miles north of Banbury.

In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 797, increasing to 808 at the 2011 census.[1] Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon Fennig Cumbtūn meaning "marshy farmstead in a valley".

The Parish church of St. Peter and St. Clare was built in the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

The village has a doctor's consulting-room, a small Co-op Food store, a very nice, local pub located centrally and a more average pub on the outskirts. The old part of the village has many notable buildings including the Woad House, Knotts Cottage, The Red House, The Old School House and The Hollies.

Fenny Compton is small but had two stations, one on the Great Western Railway route from Oxford to Birmingham, the other being on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway route from Bicester to Broom. The GWR station and SMJ station were built alongside each other controlled by a joint signal box.

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Name: CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST CLARE List entry Number: 1355534". Historic England. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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