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4 giorni fa · A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4. Covers the parishes in the hundreds of Hamfordshoe, Higham Ferrers, Orlingbury, Spelhoe and Wymersley, in the central part of the county. It includes an account of the parish of Wellingborough. Victoria County History - Northamptonshire. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1937.
3 giorni fa · Rugby is situated on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near to the borders with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It is the most easterly town within the West Midlands region, with the nearby county borders also marking the regional boundary with the East Midlands.
4 giorni fa · The station in Cotton End, known as Bridge Street, was opened in 1845, the Castle Station in 1859, the latter being enlarged in 1881 so as to become the chief station. The station in St. John's Street was opened in 1872. The Grand Junction Canal joins the Nene at Northampton, this branch having been completed in 1815.
4 giorni fa · Corby, town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated on the crest of a ridge of hills that crosses the county from southwest to northeast and that long yielded iron ore from the formation known as the Northampton Sands.
2 giorni fa · Little Newton is mentioned in the Nomina Villarum of 1316, and to judge from the 1377 Poll Tax Returns there were at least 18 taxpayers there at that time (PRO, El79/155/28). By 1449 only four families lived in the village and in the same period the village church was taken over as the parish church of Great Newton.
2 giorni fa · Introduction. Northamptonshire cannot claim to have had the levels of heavy industry we associate with the Potteries, the Black Country or northern England; nevertheless the county renowned for its 'spires and squires' does have a significant industrial past.
5 giorni fa · Welcome to Northampton. Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, is located on the River Nene, approximately 67 miles north-west of London and 54 miles south-east of Birmingham. The town has a population of around 154,000.
