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{{Short description|Village in Northamptonshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country                  = England
|official_name            = Hackleton
|coordinates              = {{coord|52.18879|-0.82295|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish             = Hackleton
| population = 1,568
| population_ref = ([[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]])<br/> 2,054 (2011 Census)
 |london_distance          = {{convert|64|mi|km|0}}
|unitary_england=          [[West Northamptonshire]]
|lieutenancy_england=            [[Northamptonshire]]
|region                   = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = [[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton South]]
|post_town                = NORTHAMPTON
|postcode_district        = NN7
|postcode_area            = NN
|dial_code                = 01604
|os_grid_reference        = SP805550
|static_image=Hackleton Carey Chapel.jpg
|static_image_width=210px
|static_image_caption= [[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]] [[Baptist]] Chapel
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 11
| mapframe-point = on
}}

'''Hackleton''' is a village in [[West Northamptonshire]],<ref>{{cite web |title=List of settlements |url=https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/neighbourhood-planning/list-settlements |publisher=[[West Northamptonshire Council]] |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref> England, just north of [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is {{convert|5|mi|km|1}} south of [[Northampton]] town centre, and {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} by road to the [[M1 motorway|M1]] London to [[Yorkshire]] [[motorway]] junction 15 and {{convert|11|mi|km|0}} north of junction 14. London is {{convert|62|mi|km|0}} south via junction 14 and {{convert|47|mi|km|0}} southeast of [[Birmingham]] via junction 15. It lies on the busy B526 road (former [[A50 road|A50]]) from Northampton to [[Newport Pagnell]], between [[Horton, Northamptonshire|Horton]] and [[Wootton, Northamptonshire|Wootton]]. The parish area is about {{convert|1030|acre|ha}}.

The villages name means 'Farm/settlement connected with Haeccel'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Hackleton|title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

==Demographics==
The Parish Council area covers several surrounding villages.<ref name = "2001 census">{{cite web|title = UK census 2001 – data|url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=311642&c=Hackleton&d=16&g=473756&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1223619158664&enc=1&domainId=16
|accessdate = 2008-10-10}}</ref> For Hackleton, [[Piddington, Northamptonshire|Piddington]] and Horton combined, and together with the surrounding rural area sparsely populated, the data shows 1,568 residents, 756 male and 812 female, living in 606 dwellings.  The actual 2011 census was measured as a population (including Horton, Piddleton and Preston Deanery) of 2,054.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124099&c=Hackleton&d=16&e=62&g=6452299&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467654848066&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=4 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

==Governance==
The village has a [[Parish council (England)|parish council]]<ref name="HPC">{{cite web|title = Hackleton Parish Council|url = http://www.hackletonpc.org/|access-date = 2008-10-16|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110225011858/http://www.hackletonpc.org/|archive-date = 25 February 2011}}</ref> which also covers the nearby villages of Piddington, [[Preston Deanery]] and Horton as well as Hackleton.

==Facilities==
The village school is Hackleton [[Church of England|CofE]] [[Primary School]]. The village also has Hackleton Carey Baptist Chapel, Dudley Winterbottom Memorial Hall, The White Hart Pub and Hackleton Stores, the local village shop. Hackleton also used to be home to the Easyrider, a specialist upholstery shop dealing with sheep skin and wool products. Other amenities include 'The Rec'; local recreational ground, which is the home pitch for village side AFC Hackleton. There is also the local war memorial, a butcher and a 'pocket' park, formerly the land boundary between Hackleton and Piddington where a stream known as Wootton Brook flows to the west in a shallow valley.

Hackleton Carey [[Baptist]] Chapel was set up by [[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps045.shtml |title=Glimpses #45: William Carey's Amazing Mission |publisher=Christian History Institute |access-date=2008-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050404040813/http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps045.shtml |archive-date=4 April 2005 }}</ref> the English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the [[Baptist Missionary Society]]. Carey came to the village to complete an apprenticeship at The Jetty, the street opposing where the chapel is built. In Hackleton there is also Carey Road, a slip road off the main road, named after him. The inscription on the chapel reads:<blockquote>"This place of worship was erected to the glory of God: in memory of Dr Carey, the father of modern missions to the heathen, and one of the founders, and the first missionary of the Baptist Missionary Society; he toiled as a shoemaker, was converted to God and preached his first sermon in this village."</blockquote>
The village of [[Piddington, Northamptonshire|Piddington]], home to the parish church, St John the Baptist, in the [http://livingbrookbenefice.blogspot.co.uk/ Living Brook Benefice], and the [[Piddington Roman Villa]], is nearby.

==Urban expansion of Northampton==
Further urban expansion of Northampton, in an area called "Preston Green" was being planned in October 2008 with another 13,500 houses and additional infrastructure in the rural areas around [[Grange Park, Northamptonshire|Grange Park]], [[Quinton, Northamptonshire|Quinton]] and [[Preston Deanery]].<ref name = "ChronOct08">{{cite web|title = 13,500 new homes proposed for Northampton suburb|url = http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/13500-new-homes-proposed-for.4620713.jp|accessdate = 2008-10-24|archive-date = 24 October 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081024200427/http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/13500-new-homes-proposed-for.4620713.jp|url-status = dead}}</ref> This never went ahead however. 

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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:West Northamptonshire District]]