Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a county in central England .It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Peterborough, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. The name is abbreviated to "Northants", and the county town is Northampton. In 1991 the county had a population of 578,000.

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
• Thrapston
• Towcester
• Wellingborough

Places of interest

• 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
• Nene Valley Railway
• Northampton & Lamport Railway
• Rockingham Castle
• Rushton Triangular Lodge - English Heritage
• Silverstone
• Stanford Hall
• Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum