{{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= Wilbarston |coordinates = {{coord|52.4884|-0.8012|display=inline,title}} |population= 753 |population_ref= (2011) |unitary_england= North Northamptonshire |lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= Kettering |post_town= Market Harborough |postcode_district = LE16 |postcode_area= LE |dial_code= 01536 |os_grid_reference= SP8188 |london_distance= |static_image= All Saints church, Wilbarston (geograph 3250422).jpg |static_image_caption=All Saints' church, Wilbarston }} '''Wilbarston''' is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire in the Welland valley. It is administered as part of North Northamptonshire and is five miles east of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough, via the A427. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 767 people,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797313&c=wilbarston&d=16&e=15&g=473031&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1259613701359&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Wilbarston CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 30 November 2009</ref> including Pipewell but reducing slightly to 753 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130663&c=Wilbarston&d=16&e=62&g=6451591&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467972416438&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=8 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> A Community Governance Review concluded in February 2015 resulted in the ward of Pipewell becoming part of the civil parish of Rushton.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Wilbeorht'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Wilbarston|title=Key to English Place-names}}</ref>
It has no secondary schools, but one primary school – Wilbarston C of E Primary School<ref>[http://www.wilbarston.northants.sch.uk/ School website]</ref> – that dates back to 1845. It was built with the intention of serving seven villages: Wilbarston, Stoke Albany, Dingley, Weston by Welland, Sutton Bassett, Ashley and Brampton Ash.
Despite being located in Northamptonshire, the village postal town and postcode are Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16.<ref>[https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you/post-office/wilbarston-le16-8qq Royal Mail]. Retrieved 27 February 2020</ref>
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Category:Villages in Northamptonshire Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire Category:North Northamptonshire
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