Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.148°N -1.1559°W |
Official Name: | Canons Ashby |
Population: | 50 |
Population Ref: | or less (2001) |
Shire District: | West Northamptonshire |
Shire County: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Daventry |
Post Town: | Daventry |
Postcode District: | NN11 |
Postcode Area: | NN |
Dial Code: | 01327 |
Os Grid Reference: | SP577503 |
Static Image Name: | Canonsashby.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | View of Canons Ashby |
Canons Ashby is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England.[1] [2] The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Preston Capes.
Its most notable building is Canons Ashby House, a National Trust property. The parish church is a surviving fragment of Canons Ashby Priory.
It is situated 0.9miles from Moreton Pinkney. A railway station was located between the two villages, on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (later part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway), but the station closed in April 1952.
The village is part of the Daventry constituency.