Northamptonshire is landlocked between eight other counties
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Northampton, a town and in the historic county of Northamptonshire, in the Midlands region of England. Originating about 1100 as a walled town with a castle on the River Nene, Northampton was granted its first charter in 1189. The town walls survived until the Restoration (1660) after the English Civil Wars; they were then demolished because Northampton had sided with Parliament and against the king. The railway station now occupies the site of the old castle.
It lies on the River Nene, about 67 miles (108 km) north-west of London and 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham.
