Lower Boddington

Lower Boddington
Lower Boddington
	The Carpenter's Arms
	Lower Boddington Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP4852
Civil parish	Boddington;
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire;
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Daventry
Postcode district	NN11
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry;
	List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°10′05″N 1°17′56″W / 52.168°N 1.299°W

Lower Boddington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Boddington, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. Lower Boddington is the smaller of the two villages in Boddington parish, most of whose facilities are located in Upper Boddington. It is about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southwest of Daventry. In 1931 the parish had a population of 127.^[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Boddington to form "Boddington".^[2]

The villages name means 'Bota's hill'.^[3]

Children from Lower Boddington are most likely to attend a primary school in Aston le Walls, Chipping Warden, Leamington Spa or Upper Boddington. Teenagers are likely to attend Chenderit School, Southam College, Princethorpe College or Blesséd George Napier RC School in nearby Banbury.

Lower Boddington has a public house, the Carpenters Arms,^[4] owned by the Hook Norton Brewery.^[5]

HS2

The UK government plans to build a second high-speed railway going from Birmingham to London, Lower Boddington is one of the villages whose residents have complained about the noise pollution the railway would create and the lowering of house prices it would cause. Many posters and slogans have been put up in protest of the railway in the village and surrounding area, like many other towns and villages along the new line.