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Wellingborough

British  
/ ˈwɛlɪŋbərə, -brə /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Teresa Itabor, from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, was on the 16:57 at Wellingborough heading to the capital to celebrate her birthday.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Teresa Itabor, from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, told the BBC she got on the train at 16:57 at Wellingborough and was heading to the capital to celebrate her birthday.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Ikechukwu Ogben reacted after having liquid sprayed in his face by a boy at Weavers Academy, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in January 2023, a hearing was told.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

But Defra suggested it be extended because a company in Wellingborough, which had been making the pork pies for decades, objected as it would have been outside the area, Mr O'Callaghan said.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2025

The villages supplied with regular services in the vicinity of Wellingborough are Doddington and Wilby, and occasionally Orlingbury.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

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