Population 421 (2011) Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Wednesday 9:19 AM District East Northamptonshire | OS grid reference TL021830 Country England Post town PETERBOROUGH Shire county Northamptonshire Civil parish Thorpe Achurch | |
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Achurch (formerly Asenciran sometimes Thorpe Achurch) is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It was called Asechirce in the Domesday Book. The population of the civil parish (including Thorpe Waterville also Wigsthorpe and known as Thorpe Achurch) at the 2011 census was 421.
Map of Achurch, Peterborough, UK
It is part of the civil parish of Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe and Thorpe Achurch and the district of East Northamptonshire. It has lent its name to people's surnames who are believed to have originated from the village.
Robert Browne who had previously founded the Brownists, a forerunner of Congregationalism, was rector here from 1591 to 1631.
The parish includes the Grade 1 listed home of Lilford Hall.
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