Northamptonshire
Midlands shire region
Northamptonshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, known historically for shoemaking and ironstone quarries.
The county town is Northampton.
Often abbreviated to Northants in informal usage: We spent the weekend in Northamptonshire visiting relatives.
Crafting footwear by hand
- leatherTanned animal skin
- cobblersShoe menders or desserts
- ironstoneOre-laden rock or stoneware
- quarryingOpen-pit stone mining
brewing · Carlsberg · Weetabix · motorsport · British Grand Prix · logistics · distribution · warehousing
England's central region
- LeicestershireMidlands county in England
- WarwickshireEnglish Midlands county
- BuckinghamshireCounty northwest of London
- BedfordshireCounty in eastern England
Cambridgeshire · Oxfordshire · Lincolnshire · Rutland · Peterborough
Rural area beyond towns
- villagesSmall rural settlements
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- arableFit for cultivation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
pastoral · market towns · spires · squires · stone cottages · thatched roofs · hedgerows · meadows
Regional legislative authority
- boroughsMunicipal administrative districts
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- councillorsElected local representatives
boundaries · parish councils · county town · charter · civic · administration · local government
1640s British constitutional conflict
- SaxonEarly Germanic Briton settler
- Domesday Book1086 English land survey
- Richard IIIFinal Yorkist king
- castlesFortified royal residences
Mary Queen of Scots · manors · medieval · Anglo-Saxon · priory · abbey · chronicles · archaeology
shoemaking
Crafting footwear by hand
quarrying · brewing · Carlsberg · Weetabix · motorsport · British Grand Prix · logistics · distribution · warehousing
Midlands
England's central region
- LeicestershireMidlands county in England
- WarwickshireEnglish Midlands county
- BuckinghamshireCounty northwest of London
Bedfordshire · Cambridgeshire · Oxfordshire · Lincolnshire · Rutland · Peterborough
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
agriculture · pastoral · market towns · spires · squires · stone cottages · thatched roofs · hedgerows · meadows · canals
county council
Regional legislative authority
- boroughsMunicipal administrative districts
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
councillors · boundaries · parish councils · county town · charter · civic · administration · local government
English Civil War
1640s British constitutional conflict
- SaxonEarly Germanic Briton settler
- Domesday Book1086 English land survey
- Richard IIIFinal Yorkist king
Mary Queen of Scots · castles · manors · medieval · Anglo-Saxon · priory · abbey · chronicles · archaeology · monuments
Princess Diana
- George Washington
- All Saints ChurchChurch dedicated to all saints
NorthamptonshireGreater London
UK's capital administrative area
London · Cornwall · Devon · Greater Manchester · Yorkshire