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Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire (inc. Peterborough), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (inc. Milton Keynes), Oxfordshire and England's shortest county boundary (19 metres) with Lincolnshire. The county town is Northampton.
The Soke of Peterborough was historically associated with Northamptonshire.
Towns and villages
Main article: List of places in Northamptonshire
- Barby, Brackley, Braunston, Burton Latimer
- Corby
- Daventry, Desborough
- Fotheringhay
- Grafton Regis, Great Brington
- Kettering
- Long Buckby, Lowick
- Marston St. Lawrence, Middleton, Moulton
- Naseby, Northampton
- Oundle
- Raunds, Rothwell, Rushden
- Silverstone
- Thorpe Mandeville, Thrapston, Towcester
- Welford, Wellingborough, Wollaston
Places of interest
- 78 Derngate
- Althorp
- Billing Aquadrome, Boughton House, (home of the Dukes of Buccleuch), Blisworth tunnel, Brampton Valley Way (linear park on a disused railway line), Burghley House
- Canons Ashby House - (National Trust), Castle Ashby (home of the Marquess of Northampton), Cottesbrooke Hall
- Deene Park, Delapre Abbey
- Easton Neston, Elton Hall
- Fotheringhay Castle & Church
- Holdenby House
- Kelmarsh Hall, Kirby Hall (English Heritage)
- Lamport Hall, Lyveden New Bield (National Trust)
- Naseby Field, Northampton & Lamport Railway, Northampton Ironstone Trust
- Rockingham Castle, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Rushton Triangular Lodge (English Heritage)
- Silverstone Circuit, Stanford Hall, Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum, Sulgrave Manor
- Watford Locks, Wicksteed Park
Colleges
- Fletton House
- Grendon Hall
- Knuston Hall
- Moulton College
- Tresham College
- University College Northampton
See also
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