Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire [ nɔ θæmptənʃə ː ] (abbreviated Northants ) is a county ( County) in Central England. Northamptonshire borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire ( with Peterborough ), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire ( including Milton Keynes ), Oxfordshire and with a very short boundary ( 19 meters) in Lincolnshire. The administrative headquarters is located in Northampton.

The Soke of Peterborough was formerly part of Northamptonshire.

Cities and towns

Attractions

  • Althorp House, the seat of Earl Spencer
  • Boughton House, seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch
  • Canons Ashby House
  • Castle Ashby, the seat of the Marquess of Northampton
  • Cottesbrooke Hall
  • Deene Park
  • Delapre Abbey
  • Elton Hall
  • Kirby Hall, part of the English Heritage
  • Rockingham Castle
  • Rockingham Motor Speedway
  • Rushton Triangular Lodge, part of the English Heritage
  • Silverstone Circuit
  • Stanford Hall
Ceremonial counties of England Administrative counties of England East Midlands South Northamptonshire Daventry (District) Borough of Wellingborough Borough of Kettering East Northamptonshire Counties of England Berkshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Dorset County Durham Essex Gloucestershire Middlesex Sussex Westmorland Yorkshire Cumbria East Sussex Borough of Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Borough of Halton Medway Borough of Milton Keynes City of Peterborough Shropshire Council Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Borough of Swindon City of London Greater London Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire West Midlands (county) West Yorkshire
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