Blisworth County Council (NCC) with one member, also Conservative. There is also a local Parish Council with eleven elected members. The parliamentary constituency was Daventry prior to the 2010 general election the Boundary Commission put the village in the new parliamentary constituency of South Northamptonshire. The village has its own primary school, Blisworth Community Primary School, with around 200 children. The school takes in a number of children from surrounding areas including the southern outskirts of Northampton. The local secondary school is Elizabeth Woodville School with sites in Roade and Deanshanger. Apart from Blisworth, the catchment area includes Collingtree, Hardingstone, Hackleton,
Berwick Tunnel byelaw was introduced which stated that whoever reached the centre first should continue, whilst the other boat would have to turn back. Today the canal is disused, and the tunnel remains, though the ends have been bricked up. Berwick Tunnel Berwick Tunnel is a canal tunnel located on the Shrewsbury Canal, Shropshire, England, UK. The Shrewsbury Canal connected Shrewsbury to the Wombridge Canal, and provided a way to supply the people of Shrewsbury with coal at reasonable prices. The route between Shrewsbury and Wappenshall was relatively flat, although beyond Wappenshall, nine locks and a large inclined plane were needed to