Upper Stowe

Upper Stowe
Upper Stowe
	Upper Stowe Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP6456
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire;
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northampton
Postcode district	NN7
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry;
	List of places UK England Northamptonshire52°12′11″N 1°03′27″W / 52.2030°N 1.0576°W

Upper Stowe is a village in West Northamptonshire in England. It is in the civil parish of Stowe Nine Churches. It has a church dedicated to St James. This was built to the design of P.C Hardwick in 1855. It has a bellcote rather than a tower.^[1]

The name 'Stowe' derives from Old English word for 'place'.^[2]

References

^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973). Cherry, Bridget (ed.). Northamptonshire. Buildings of England (Second ed.). London: Penguin. p. 419. ISBN 0-14-0710-22-1.
^ "Key to English Place-names".