Daventry district - Definition and Overview

Daventry District
Shown within Northamptonshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Northamptonshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 59th 665.61 km²
Admin. HQ:	Daventry
ONS code:	34UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 307th 73,521 110 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.0% White
Politics
Daventry District Council http://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MPs:	Tim Boswell, Phil Sawford

The Daventry district is a large local government district of western Northamptonshire, England. Named after the town of Daventry which is the administrative headquarters and largest town, other significant settlements in the district include Brixworth, Long Buckby and Weedon Bec. Most of the district is rural and sparsely populated.

The district was formed in 1974, by a merger of the Daventry urban district and the Daventry and Brixworth rural districts Settlements in Daventry district

• Althorp Arthingworth Ashby St Ledgers
• Badby Barby Boughton Braunston Brington Brixworth Brockhall Byfield
• Canons Ashby Chapel Brampton Charwelton Church Brampton Clay Coton Clipston Cold Ashby Cottesbrooke Creaton Crick
• Daventry Dodford Draughton
• East Farndon East Haddon Elkington Everdon
• Farthingstone Fawsley Flore
• Great Brington Great Oxendon Guilsborough
• Hanging Houghton Hannington Harlestone Haselbech Hellidon Holcot Holdenby Hollowell
• Kelmarsh Kilsby
• Lamport Lilbourne Little Brington Long Buckby Lower Catesby
• Maidwell Marston Trussell Moulton
• Naseby Newnham Norton
• Old Overstone
• Pitsford Preston Capes
• Ravensthorpe
• Scaldwell Sibbertoft Spratton Stanford Staverton Stowe Sulby
• Teeton Thornby
• Upper Catesby
• Walgrave Watford Weedon Bec Welford Welton West Haddon Whilton Winwick Woodford Halse
• Yelvertoft

Roman Settlement Bannaventa

Districts of England - East Midlands
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire