Northampton

Northampton, capital of Northamptonshire, on the Nen, 66 m. NW. of London; has two fine old Norman churches, is the centre of the boot and shoe manufacture, and is actively engaged in brewing, lace-making, &c.; in the outskirts is a popular racecourse; was the scene of Henry VI.'s defeat by the Yorkists on July 10, 1460.

Population (circa 1900) given as 70,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)