Northampton
Americannoun
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a town in central England, administrative centre of Northamptonshire, on the River Nene: footwear and engineering industries. Pop: 189 474 (2001)
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short for Northamptonshire
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Northampton became the only English side to win in the opening round of the Champions Cup by battling past Cardiff.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Northampton came out on top of a high-octane 18-try thriller at home to Bath, the second highest scoring game in English top-flight history.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
This is what management are trying to achieve at another site that opened in the 1970s: Weston Favell, on the eastern edge of Northampton.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"It is not just that shopping centres have one destiny; they really don't," says Dr Kardi Somerfield, a lecturer in marketing at the University of Northampton.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“My cousin in Northampton, she knows a woman whose little boy was took by the Gobblers....”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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