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Northampton

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Market town and administrative headquarters of Northamptonshire , central England, on the River Nene, 108 km/67 mi northwest of London; population (2001) 194,450. The major employers are public administration, financial services, and the distribution trade. The manufacture of boots and shoes was historically important, but engineering has taken over as the key industry; other industries include food processing, brewing, and the manufacture of shoe machinery, cosmetics, leather goods, and car accessories. Northampton was designated a new town in 1968 and is still growing rapidly. The Development Corporation was wound up in the 1980s. The town's Riverside Park is to house a National Fairground Museum. History Northampton was held by the Danes at the beginning of the 10th century, and was burned by them in 1010. After the Norman Conquest Simon de Senlis, 1st Earl of Northampton, built a castle here (now destroyed) which became a favourite resort of the Norman and Angevin kings. The town…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Originally Hamtun ‘home farm, homestead’, OE HAM + tun ( see -TON ); the prefix North -(first recorded in the 11th century) was added to distinguish the place from SOUTHAMPTON (whose name has a different origin). A town in Northamptonshire, on the River NENE , about 24 km (15 miles) north of Milton…
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Full text Article Northampton

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Market town and administrative headquarters of Northamptonshire , central England, on the River Nene, 108 km/67 mi northwest of London; population (2001) 194,450. The major employers are public administration, financial services, and the distribution trade. The manufacture of boots and shoes was…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Name of counties in three states of the U.S. See tables at north carolina pennsylvania virginia . City, county seat of Hampshire co., W Massachusetts, on Connecticut River 15 mi. (24 km.) N of Springfield; pop. (2000c) 28,978; optical instruments; Smith Coll. (1871), Clark School for the Deaf; city…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Town and borough (pop., 2001: 194,477), administrative and historic county of Northamptonshire , in the Midlands region, England. Originating c. 1100 as a walled town with a castle, it was granted its first charter in 1189. In 1460, during the Wars of the Roses , King Henry VI was captured in…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and seat of Hampshire County, in west-central Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River, 27 km/17 mi northwest of Springfield; population (2000 est) 29,000. It manufactures cutlery, wood products, paper, plastics, electronics, and optical instruments. A centre of the Pioneer Valley region, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
city (1991 pop. 154,172) and district, Northamptonshire, central England, on the Nene River. The city of Northampton is the county seat. Shoemaking has long been the chief industry; engineering is second (roller bearings, earth-moving equipment, and motor vehicle components). The city was an…
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Full text Article Northampton, Henry Howard earl of

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Feb. 25, 1540, Shottesham, Norfolk, Eng.—died June 15, 1614, London) English noble noted for his intrigues in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I . Younger brother of the 4th duke of Norfolk , he was implicated in efforts to free Mary, Queen of Scots . He successfully sought favour with the…
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SPENCER Douglas David COMPTON , 7th Marquess; b 2 April 1946; s 1978; ed Eton; patron of nine livings; DL Northants 1979; Pro Grand Master United Grand Lodge of England since 2001: m 1st, 1967 ( m diss 1973), Henriette Luisa Maria Bentinck, only da of late Baron Adolphe Bentinck, Netherlands…
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