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    Duncote

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    Duncote
    Duncote is located in Northamptonshire
    Duncote
    Duncote
    Location within Northamptonshire
    OS grid referenceSP6750
    Unitary authority
    • West Northamptonshire
    Ceremonial county
    • Northamptonshire
    Region
    • East Midlands
    CountryEngland
    Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
    Post townTowcester
    Postcode districtNN12
    Dialling code01327
    PoliceNorthamptonshire
    FireNorthamptonshire
    AmbulanceEast Midlands
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    52°09′02″N 1°01′02″W / 52.1506°N 1.0171°W / 52.1506; -1.0171

    Duncote is a hamlet in the civil parish of Greens Norton in West Northamptonshire, England.[1] The hamlet is 2 miles (3.2 km) North west of Towcester.[2]

    Duncote is not recorded in the Domesday Book, the name of the hamlet first appears in documentation from 1276 as Dunna's Cot.[3] Duncote Hall is now a care home.[4]

    References

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    1. ^ "Duncote". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
    2. ^ GreensNorton: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
    3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
    4. ^ "Northamptonshire Police probe second care home in company's portfolio". BBC News. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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