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Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a county in central England. It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The name is abbreviated to "Northants", and the county town is Northampton.
Towns, villages
- Brackley[?], Braunston, Burton Latimer[?]
- Corby
- Daventry, Desborough[?]
- Fotheringhay
- Kettering[?]
- Lowick[?]
- Marston St. Lawrence[?], Middleton[?], Moulton[?]
- Naseby, Northampton
- Oundle[?]
- Rothwell, Northamptonshire[?]
- 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
- Stanford Hall[?]
- Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
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