Preston Capes

Human settlement in England

Region

52°11′09″N 1°09′37″W / 52.1858°N 1.1604°W / 52.1858; -1.1604

Preston Capes is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population at the 2001 census was 188,^[1] including Canons Abbey and increasing to 216 at the 2011 census.^[2]

The village's name means "Priest Farm/Settlement". The village was owned by Hugo filius Nicholai de Capes in 1234.^[3]

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

References

^ Office for National Statistics: Preston Capes CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 18 November 2009
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Key to English Place-names".