Northamptonshire or Northants (302), a midland county of England, bordering upon nine others; has an undulating fertile surface, and is distinguished from the surrounding counties by extensive woods and plantations; is chiefly engaged in agriculture and stock-raising; the Nen and the Welland are the principal rivers; among its antiquities are Fotheringay Castle, where Mary Stuart was beheaded, and Burleigh House; the battles of Edgecote (1469) and Naseby (1645) were fought within its borders.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Northampton * Northcote, JamesLinks here from Chalmers
Agnesi, Maria Cajetana
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Alsop, Vincent
Ashton, Charles
Ashworth, Caleb
Atkyns, Sir Robert
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