Grafton Underwood
Grafton Underwood is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 134 people, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census.[1] The village was used in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones novels as her childhood home.[2]
| Grafton Underwood | |
|---|---|
 St James the Apostle Church | |
.svg.png.webp)  Grafton Underwood Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 146 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP9280 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kettering |
| Postcode district | NN14 |
| Dialling code | 01536 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The villages name means 'Grove farm/settlement'. The affix refers to Rockingham Forest.[3]
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St James the Apostle.[4] It is a Grade I listed building.
RAF Grafton Underwood was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force in 1942 as USAAF Station 106.
The village was the location of the second meeting of the early Victorian era tennis event called the North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament in June 1881.[5]
References
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- Office for National Statistics: Grafton Underwood CP: Parish headcounts Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 December 2009
- University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of English. "Key to English Place-names". Kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "St James the Apostle Church Official Website". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.69.