Rockingham, Northamptonshire

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Rockingham
 Rockingham shown within Northamptonshire
Population 115 
OS grid reference SP8691
District Corby
Shire county Northamptonshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Harborough
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01536
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Corby
List of places
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England
Northamptonshire

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Rockingham is a village and civil parish in the Corby district of Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of Corby, close by the border with Leicestershire and Rutland, near to Great Easton and Caldecott. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 115 people.[1] The village is the site of Rockingham Castle and gives its name to Rockingham Forest and the title Marquess of Rockingham, but Rockingham Motor Speedway is in East Northamptonshire.[2]

History

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Rockingham was the site of a council convened by William II on 25 February 1095, intended to depose Anselm as Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lords Spiritual, led by the Bishop of Durham, fell in line with the king, arguing that Anselm's support of the French-backed pope Urban II against the imperial pope Clement III made him a traitor to the realm. The Lords Temporal demurred and supported Anselm, in the absence of any proof of felony.

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