| 词条 | Lowick, Northamptonshire |
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|country = England |coordinates = {{coord|52.413|-0.567|display=inline,title}} |official_name =Lowick |population = 298 |population_ref= (2011 census) |shire_district= East Northamptonshire |shire_county= Northamptonshire |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= |post_town= Kettering |postcode_district = NN14 |postcode_area=NN |dial_code=01832 |os_grid_reference= SP9780 |static_image=Lowick northamptonshire church.jpg |static_image_width=240px |static_image_caption= St Peter's Church, Lowick }}Lowick is a village and civil parish forming part of the district of East Northamptonshire, England, about {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} north-west of Thrapston. It appears in the Domesday Book as Luhwik, and later as Lofwyk and in 1167 as Luffewich. The name derives from Old English "Luhha's or Luffa's dwelling place", wic being cognate to vicus in Latin.[1] At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 298 people.[2] BuildingsDrayton House is {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} south-west of the village. St Peter's Church was built by the Greene family of Drayton between the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.[3] The former school building in Drayton Road was built by Sir John Germaine and his wife and dates from 1717-25.[3]The George Eliot book Middlemarch was written, at least in part, in the village's old rectory, which is mentioned in the book itself. References1. ^{{Ekwall|306}} 2. ^Office for National Statistics: Lowick CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 16 July 2015 3. ^1 {{Cite book | author=Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision)| authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire| year=1961 | publisher=Yale University Press | location=London and New Haven | isbn=978-0-300-09632-3 | pages=297–8}} External links{{Commons category-inline|Lowick, Northamptonshire}}{{Northamptonshire-geo-stub}} 2 : Villages in Northamptonshire|East Northamptonshire District |
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