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
Grafton Underwood Location within Northamptonshire
Population	146 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP9280
Unitary authority	North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Kettering
Postcode district	NN14
Dialling code	01536
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Kettering
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.4147°N 0.6414°W / 52.4147; -0.6414

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

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
2. Office for National Statistics: Grafton Underwood CP: Parish headcounts Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 December 2009
3. University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of English. "Key to English Place-names". Kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
4. "St James the Apostle Church Official Website". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
5. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.69.