Silverstone
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:DMCA Template:DMCA
Template:Short descriptionPage Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox UK place/styles.css has no content.
| Silverstone | |
|---|---|
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Northamptonshire" does not exist. | |
| Script error: No such module "Infobox mapframe". | |
| Population | 1,989 (2001 census)[1] 2,176 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SP670440] |
| Civil parish | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
|
| Unitary authority | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content. |
| Ceremonial county | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content. |
| Region | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content. |
| Country | Script error: No such module "Link if exists". |
| Crown dependency | Script error: No such module "Link if exists". |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Towcester |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content. | |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content. |
| Website | Silverstone Village |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England.[2] The village is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-southwest of Towcester and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 main road which now bypasses Silverstone to the south and east. The village is also about 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south-southwest of Northampton, 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Milton Keynes, and 13.5 miles (21.7 km) east-northeast of Banbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,176.[3]
The village's name probably means 'farm/settlement of Saewulf/Sigewulf'.[4]
The Silverstone Circuit, the current home of the British Grand Prix and the British motorcycle Grand Prix, is located nearby; it straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border.
The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Silvestone and Selvestone.
Parish church
Silverstone had a chapel by 1200 CE.[5] In about 1780 the medieval building was replaced by a Georgian one, which was enlarged by the addition of a chancel in 1841 and a north aisle and vestry in 1852.[5] The entire church was demolished[5] in the 1880s and replaced by the present Church of England parish church of Saint Michael, which is a Gothic Revival building designed by James Piers St Aubyn and completed in 1884.[6]
On the north side of the parish churchyard are the remains of medieval fish ponds.
Facilities
The village has one public house: the White Horse Inn.
About one-half mile (one kilometre) south of the village is the Silverstone Circuit, a former Royal Air Force World War II bomber base and now the traditional home of the British Grand Prix, a Formula One race that attracts around 480,000 visitors each year.[7]
Silverstone University Technical College opened at the circuit in September 2013.
Adjacent to Silverstone Circuit is Silverstone Park, a business park operated by MEPC plc, with a focus on engineering and high-tech activities. The site is home to over 80 organisations, including David Brown Automotive, Delta Motorsport, Ducati UK Ltd, National College for Motorsport, Danecca Limited, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, ELMS team Vector Sport,[8] and Formula E teams Envision Racing and Cupra Kiro.[9] It also features the UK's only dedicated sub-contract inspection metrology facility, managed by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, a technical partner to Red Bull Formula 1.
Silverstone is also the base of the Formula One constructor Aston Martin—formerly known as Racing Point, Force India and Jordan—and is set to be the British base of Cadillac Formula One.[10] It is also the home of the Formula 2 team Hitech Grand Prix.
In the Middle Ages, the village trade was primarily in timber from the surrounding Whittlewood forest through the use of coppicing. Linnell Brothers still operate a woodyard to this day.[11]
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area: Silverstone CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."List of settlements". West Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Silverstone". Key to English Place-names. University of Nottingham.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St Michael's Church". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 404
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The 2024 British Grand Prix in numbers". Silverstone. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lloyd, Daniel (24 February 2022). "Holland: Vector Sport Formed on "Blank Piece of Paper" – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CUPRA KIRO". Formula E. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Motors launches Cadillac Formula 1 Team and power unit". General Motors. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Contact Us". Linnell Brothers. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973). The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 404.
External links
Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
