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Blisworth is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire District of Northamptonshire, England. The West Coast Main Line, a railway line that travels from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland, runs alongside the village partly hidden and partly on an embankment. The Grand Union Canal passes through the village and the north portal of the Blisworth Tunnel is near Stoke Road. Blisworth is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Northampton, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Towcester and 10 miles (16 km) north of Milton Keynes. The 1961 census showed a population of 1,192. By the 2001 census there were 1,786 people in the parish (the 2010 estimated population is 1,870) in 792 dwellings. It is a commuting village with no industry and few local businesses. A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Blisworth from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
[edit] Research TipsThese two maps show the boundaries of the individual civil parishes in the county in 1900 and in 1944. Comparing the two on a local level allows one to understand the alterations (should there be any) which occurred during the interim period which are noted in the text above.
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