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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}

|Place= Canon's Ashby

{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}

|Population = 47 (2001)

{{Infobox UK place

|District= [[Daventry|Daventry]]

|country = |County= [[Northamptonshire]]England

|coordinates = {{coord|52.1480|-1.1559|display=inline,title}}

|Region= [[UNKNOWN]]

|Placeofficial_name= Canon'sCanons Ashby

|Ceremonial= [[Northamptonshire]]

| population = 50

|Traditional= [[Northamptonshire]]

| population_ref = or less (2001)

|Constituency= [[UNKNOWN]]

|unitary_england |Traditional= = [[West Northamptonshire]]

|PostalTown= NORTHAMPTON

|Ceremonial= lieutenancy_england = [[Northamptonshire]]

|PostCode= NN11

|region= East Midlands

|DiallingCode= 01327

|constituency_westminster= [[Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)|Daventry]]

|GridReference= SP577503

|post_town= |Euro= [[UNKNOWN]]Daventry

|postcode_district = NN11

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|postcode_area= NN

}}'''Canons Ashby''' is a small village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Daventry (district)|Daventry district]] of the county of [[Northamptonshire]] in [[England]].

|DiallingCodedial_code= 01327

|GridReferenceos_grid_reference= SP577503

|static_image_name=Canonsashby.jpg

|static_image_caption= View of Canons Ashby

}}

[[File:CanonsAshby.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Canons Ashby House]]

Its most famous building is [[Canons Ashby House]], a [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] property. The [[parish church]] is a surviving fragment of [[Canons Ashby Priory]].

'''Canons Ashby''' is a small village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[West Northamptonshire]], England.<ref name=OS152>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 152 ''Northampton & Milton Keynes (Buckingham & Daventry)''|ISBN= 9780319231715 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|accessdate=30 January 2016}}</ref> The population of the village is included in the civil parish of [[Preston Capes]].

Its most famousnotable building is [[Canons Ashby House]], a [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] property. The [[parish church]] is a surviving fragment of [[Canons Ashby Priory]].

It is situated {{convert|0.9|mi|m}} 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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Daventry constituency]].

==References==

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== External links ==

{{Commons category-inline|Canons Ashby}}

*{{gbmapping|SP577504}}

*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-21577807 Canons Ashby "masonic" chamber discovered after 400 years.]

*[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-canonsashbyhouse/ NationalTrust site]

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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]

[[Category:West Northamptonshire District]]

[[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]

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