Flore, Northamptonshire

{{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= Flore |coordinates = {{coord|52.2388|-1.0569|display=inline,title}} |population= 1,194 |population_ref= (2011) |unitary_england= [[West Northamptonshire]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Northamptonshire]] |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= [[Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)|Daventry]] |post_town= Northampton |postcode_district = NN7 |postcode_area= NN |dial_code= 01327 |os_grid_reference= SP6460 |london_distance= |static_image_name=Flore - geograph.org.uk - 92021.jpg |static_image_caption= All Saints' Church, Flore |static_image_2_name = [[File:Flore_village_flag.svg|150px]] |static_image_2_caption= Flag }}

'''Flore''' (historically spelled as '''''Floore''''')<ref name="aa">{{cite book|title=The AA Road Book of England and Wales|publisher=Automobile Association|date=1957|page=255}}</ref> is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[West Northamptonshire]] in England.

The village's name means 'Floor', perhaps referring to a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] tessellated pavement. South of the neighbouring parish of [[Nether Heyford]] such a pavement has been unearthed. Alternatively, it may refer to the situation of the village in the valley bottom of the [[River Nene]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Floore|title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

The [[A45 road]] divided the upper part of the village from several older, lower streets until a [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] opened on 15 November 2018. The historical village of [[Glassthorpe]] lay in the vicinity.

The population at the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] was 1,221,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797188&c=flore&d=16&e=15&g=472394&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257801838816&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Flore CP: Parish headcounts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604063829/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797188&c=flore&d=16&e=15&g=472394&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257801838816&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |date=4 June 2011 }}. Retrieved 9 November 2009</ref> falling to 1,194 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123503&c=Flore&d=16&e=62&g=6450972&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467554436312&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=3 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

The Grade II listed [[Flore House, Northamptonshire|Flore House]] was built in 1608 for the Enyon family.

The thatched cottage in Flore called ''Adams Cottage'' ([http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-360757-adams-cottage-flore-northamptonshire/osmap location]) is said to be the home of the ancestors of [[John Adams]], the second President of the United States of America.<ref name="aa"/>

==References== {{reflist}} [http://www.florevillage.co.uk Flore Village Website]

== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Flore, Northamptonshire}} *{{oscoor gbx|SP645603}}

[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]] [[Category:West Northamptonshire District]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]