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This is a list of the constituent towns, villages and areas of Birmingham (both the city and the metropolitan borough) in England. Between 1889 and 1995, the city boundaries were expanded to include many places which were once towns or villages in their own right, many of which still retain a distinctive character.
Although the Evolution Corby project is currently on hold, limited aesthetic augmentation work within the town centre continues. "The Saxon Crown", a Wetherspoon pub and hotel in Corby town centre is a refurbished 1960s Cooperative store. Its name refers to the history of the area: the village of Corby derives its name from Kori, a leader of ...
The Development Company predicted that the new station would unlock an estimated £200-million of further commercial investment in Corby, creating more than 1,200 jobs. It added that the station would also provide added impetus for residential development and aid the transformation of town centre shopping and civic facilities. [21]
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Corby was a non-metropolitan district with borough status [1] in the county of Northamptonshire, England.It bordered the East Northamptonshire district to the east, the Borough of Kettering to the south and west, the Harborough district of Leicestershire to the north-west, and the county of Rutland to the north-east.
Great Oakley is an outer suburb of Corby, in the civil parish of Corby, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated approximately two miles south west of the town centre and five miles from Kettering. It was represented on Corby Borough Council by one councillor. [1]
The Parliamentary seat of 'Corby' was created due to population increases in and around the town of Corby for the 1983 general election. Since creation, the Corby constituency has been a marginal seat being won by the party that won the national election at each general election since its creation. The first Member of Parliament elected for the ...
A Corby-Kettering bus shuttle connecting with trains was introduced in August 1996. A new Corby station opened on 23 February 2009, initially served by one return train per day to London St Pancras, operated by East Midlands Trains. [11] A fuller service, with 13 daily return trains to London, started on 27 April 2009. [2]