Fineshade
Historic locality and estate in Northamptonshire, England
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Fineshade is a locality, former country estate and wooded landscape in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It forms the southern part of the civil parish of Duddington-with-Fineshade and lies within the former Rockingham Forest, between Stamford and Corby.[1][2][3][4][5][2][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][10][14][15][16][17]
| Fineshade | |
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Earthworks at the site of Fineshade Abbey and Castle Hymel | |
.svg)  Fineshade Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CORBY |
| Postcode district | NN17 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
History
Fineshade was historically a chapelry,[18] in 1858 Fineshade became a separate civil parish,[19] on 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Duddington to form "Duddington with Fineshade".[20] At the 1971 census (one of the last before the abolition of the parish), Fineshade had a population of 46.[21]