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Preston Capes is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The population at the 2001 census was 188,[1] including Canons Abbey and increasing to 216 at the 2011 census.[2]
The village's name means "Priest Farm/Settlement". The village was owned by Hugo filius Nicholai de Capes in 1234.[3]
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Preston Capes CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 18 November 2009
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
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