Northamptonshire

[ nawr-thamp-tuhn-sheer, -sher, nawrth-hamp- ]

noun

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

Northamptonshire

/ nɔːθˈhæmp-; nɔːˈθæmptənˌʃɪə; -ʃə /

noun

1. 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) Northants

Example Sentences

Mr. Nicholson left a will wherein he provided for his poor old sister for life, with remainder to a niece in Northamptonshire.

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During the long vacation, the sergeant usually retired to his country seat at Rowell in Northamptonshire.

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Yardley Chase, a fragment of one of the old Northamptonshire forests, adjoins the park.

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Oundle has been inhabited since the days of the Romans, and is justly noted as “one of the pleasantest towns in Northamptonshire.”

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More than seven hundred of them refused; and in that number there were fifty-seven non-subscribing ministers in Northamptonshire.

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