Pytchley

Human settlement in England

Region

52°21′43″N 0°44′45″W / 52.3619°N 0.7458°W / 52.3619; -0.7458

Pytchley is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, three miles south-west of Kettering and near the A14 road. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 489 people.^[1] The village has a Church of England Primary School, a church and a pub. The Pytchley Hunt is a famous fox hunt based near the village.

The village's name means 'wood/clearing of Peoht'.^[2]

The village lost its bus service in 2018.^[3]

References

^ Office for National Statistics: Pytchley CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 16 July 2015
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ "Bus travel: 'Losing your village service is devastating'". BBC News. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.