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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

South Northamptonshire Northampton Daventry Wellingborough Kettering Corby East Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Peterborough, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. The name can be abbreviated to "Northants", and the county town is Northampton.

The Soke of Peterborough was historically associated with Northamptonshire.

It is divided into districts, administered by district councils. These are -

• Corby
• Daventry
• East Northamptonshire
• Kettering
• Northampton
• South Northamptonshire
• Wellingborough

Towns, villages

• Brackley, Braunston, Burton Latimer
• Corby
• Daventry, Desborough
• Fotheringhay
• Kettering
• Lowick
• Marston St. Lawrence, Middleton, Moulton
• Naseby, Northampton
• Oundle
• Rothwell, Rushden
• Silverstone
• Thrapston, Towcester
• Wellingborough

Places of interest

• 78 Derngate
• Althorp
• Boughton House, home of the Dukes of Buccleuch
• Burghley House
• Canons Ashby House - National Trust
• Castle Ashby, home of the Marquess of Northampton
• Cottesbrooke Hall
• Deene Park
• Elton Hall
• Holdenby House
• Kelmarsh Hall
• Kirby Hall - English Heritage
• Lamport Hall
• Naseby Field
• Northampton & Lamport Railway
• Rockingham Castle
• Rockingham Motor Speedway
• Rushton Triangular Lodge - English Heritage
• Silverstone Circuit
• Stanford Hall
• Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
• Sulgrave Manor
• Wicksteed Park

External link

• Northamptonshire County Council

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