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Johnston, Neil (2 August 2018). " 'Bankrupt' Northamptonshire county council may cut to legal minimum". The Times . Retrieved 9 September 2018. Hundreds of jobs are also at risk Stearns, Peter N., Langer. William L. The Encyclopedia of world history: ancient, medieval, and modern [ permanent dead link]. Retrieved 16 August 2009. The Rushden Historical Transport Society, operators of the Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway, would like to see the railway fully reopen between Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers. The two main newspapers in the county are the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph and the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. [ citation needed] Television edit BBC regions

BBC Radio Northampton, broadcasts on two FM frequencies: 104.2 MHz for the south and west of the county (including Northampton and surrounding area) and 103.6 MHz for the north of the county (including Kettering, Wellingborough and Corby). BBC Radio Northampton is situated on Abington Street, Northampton. These services are broadcast from the Moulton Park& Geddington transmitters. This is a chart of trend of the regional gross value added of Northamptonshire at current basic prices in millions of British Pounds Sterling (correct on 21 December 2005): [51] Year Greenall, R.L. (1979). A History of Northamptonshire. Bognor Regis, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-147-5. .Mills, A.D. (1998). A Dictionary of English Place-names. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p256. ISBN 0-19-280074-4 Northampton itself is the most populous civil parish in England, and (prior to 2021) was the most populous urban district in England not to be administered as a unitary authority (even though several smaller districts are unitary). During the 1990s local government reform, Northampton Borough Council petitioned strongly for unitary status, which led to fractured relations with the County Council. [ citation needed] Nine years later, the county was described as "a county enjoying the reputation of being one of the healthiest and pleasantest parts of England" although the towns were "of small importance" with the exceptions of Peterborough and Northampton. In summer, the county hosted "a great number of wealthy families... country seats and villas are to be seen at every step." [20] Northamptonshire is still referred to as the county of "spires and squires" because of the numbers of stately homes and ancient churches. [21] Desborough: A small town located to the north west of Kettering, with a population of around 8,000, Desborough developed due to the weaving and spinning industries, it was originally and Anglo-Saxon settlement. Rushden: A town and civil parish located east of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, Rushden has a population of about 28,000, it grew as a town around the farming, lacemaking and shoemaking industries.

English Partnerships - Corby". 23 June 2004. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004 . Retrieved 20 January 2018. The Corby Radio Story". corbyradio.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016 . Retrieved 5 March 2016.Peterborough Diocesan Registry". Peterboroughdiocesanregistry.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018 . Retrieved 20 January 2018. The only fully-professional English football league club in the county is Northampton Town, which attracts between 4,000 and 6,000 fans on an average game day and has been part of the Football League since 1920. [91] Their home ground is Sixfields Stadium which opened in 1994. The first match there took place on 15 October against Barnet Football Club. The stadium can hold up to 7,500 people, with provisions for disabled fans. [92] Other clubs edit