Duston
| Duston | |
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 Typical buildings on Main Road, in the village |
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| Duston shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 15,565 15,498 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | SP7261 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN5 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Duston is a suburb of and civil parish in the borough of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The civil parish population was 15,498 at the 2011 census. It has been a settlement since at least Roman times.
From 1876 to 1995 Duston was home to St Crispin's Hospital, a county-owned and subsequently NHS mental hospital. During the First World War it was turned into Duston War Hospital for convalescent soldiers.
Schools in the area include Chiltern Primary School, Duston Eldean Primary School, The Duston School, Hopping Hill Primary School, Millway Primary School and St Luke's Church of England Primary School.
Archaeological remains found in the area suggest that Duston has roots in Prehistoric and Roman settlements. However, development in the area has meant that it is now difficult to find further remains.
The Duston parish is split into two wards for local governance. Duston returns four councillors in elections to the Northampton Borough Council split over two wards. The north-western side from the mini-roundabout at the Berrywood Road/Main Road junction to the northern edge of the Borough forms the New Duston ward (represented by Matthew Golby and John Caswell, both Conservative). The remainder of the parish from the mini-roundabout and down to the other side of the Sixfields retail park at the A4500 forms the Old Duston ward (represented by Timothy Hadland and Suresh Patel, again both Conservative).
Similarly, for elections to the Northamptonshire County Council, the area north from the same mini-roundabout up and east of Main Road - and including the recently developed St Crispin estate - forms the Duston West and St Crispin ward (represented by Matthew Golby, a Conservative). The remaining Duston East ward is composed of the rest of the parish and settlements past Bants Lane up to Weedon Road, and is represented by Suresh Patel, a Conservative.
The entirety of the Duston parish sits in the Northampton South parliamentary constituency, currently represented by David Mackintosh of the Conservative Party.
British Timken was previously a major employer in Duston. Established in Chester Road, Aston, Birmingham in 1937 manufacturing tapered roller, parallel roller and ball bearings. In World War II a shadow factory was built in 1941 on a green-field site in Main Road, Duston, to produce roller bearings. At its peak over 4,000 people were employed in the factory. In 2002 the works were closed and the site cleared for housing with production moving to Poland.British Timken was a division of the (then) Timken Bearing Company of Canton Ohio, now The Timken Company.
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