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{{infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|official_name=            Tansor
|coordinates = {{coord|52.5073|-0.4476|display=inline,title}}
|population=        172
|population_ref=    (2011)
|unitary_england=          [[North Northamptonshire]]
|lieutenancy_england=            [[Northamptonshire]]
|region=                   East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
|post_town=                Peterborough
|postcode_district =       PE8
|postcode_area=            PE
|dial_code=                01832
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|static_image=File:The Church of St Mary the Virgin at Tansor - geograph.org.uk - 321353.jpg
|static_image_caption= The Church of St Mary the Virgin at Tansor
}}
'''Tansor''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Northamptonshire]]. Lying near the [[River Nene]], three miles north-east of the town of [[Oundle]] and a mile from the village of Cotterstock, Tansor forms part of [[North Northamptonshire]]. At the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the parish's population was 185 people,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797275&c=tansor&d=16&e=15&g=472584&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1259098652156&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Tansor CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 24 November 2009</ref> reducing to 172 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129434&c=Tansor&d=16&e=62&g=6451155&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1468168712031&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=10 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> Attractions are limited; only a church, telephone box and a village hall containing a playgroup. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is [[Grade II* listed]].
The village's name origin is dubious. 'Tan's ridge' or maybe, 'Tan's river bank'. On the other hand, [[Old English]] 'tan' may be utilized in the moved feeling of the part of a stream with a 'river bank'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Tansor|title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>
A notable son of Tansor was the [[naturalist]] and writer [[Horace William Wheelwright]], born there in 1815.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061007213757/http://www.east-northantsonline.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=488 Brief description]
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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:North Northamptonshire]]
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