Northamptonshire

American

[nawr-thamp-tuhn-sheer, -sher, nawrth-hamp-] / nɔrˈθæmp tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər, nɔrθˈhæmp- /

noun

a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2,365 sq. km).

Northamptonshire British

/ nɔːˈθæmptənˌʃɪə, nɔːθˈhæmp-, -ʃə /

noun

Northants. a county of central England: agriculture, food processing, engineering, and footwear industries. Administrative centre: Northampton. Pop: 642 700 (2003 est). Area: 2367 sq km (914 sq miles)

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He has also called on the health secretary to "ensure North Northamptonshire Council take immediate action to clean up any contaminated land".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Children in the Northamptonshire town have been born with birth defects, believed to have been caused when steelworks were demolished in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

RAF Molesworth is located west of Huntingdon, close to the border with Northamptonshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Miriam Lee, 17, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, died from sudden cardiac arrest in 2016.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

My father’s mother was a Miss Willes of an old family living on the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire—regular country people.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers

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