Desborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England. It is located in the Ise Valley, between Market Harborough and Kettering. In the 19th century, the town was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe making. It has a long association with the Co-operative movement. Modern Desborough is a residential centre, with new homes and industry being developed to the north of the old town centre.
Population: 8,253
Latitude: 52° 26' 30.59" N
Longitude: 0° 49' 16.54" E
Kilsby and Crick was a railway station on the Northampton Loop Line serving the villages of Kilsby and Crick in Northamptonshire. It was located to the eastern side of where the railway crossed the A5 road at the site now occupied by the Daventry In…
Isham and Burton Latimer railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 to serve the villages of Isham and Burton Latimer on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.
Higham Ferrers is a former railway station on a Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough.
Heart Northants (formerly Northants 96) was a local commercial radio station serving Northamptonshire.
Harringworth railway station was a railway station near Harringworth, Northamptonshire.
Harpers Brook is a tributary of the river Nene which runs through Northamptonshire.
Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 in the former R & W H Symington corset factory that also houses the Harborough District Council offices in the historic market town of Market Harborough. It is run by a partnership between Leicestershire County C…
Hallaton Castle was situated to the west of the village of Hallaton, which lies some 20 km to the south-east of the city of Leicester (grid reference SP780967).
Great Glen railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.
Great Glen Methodist Church, Leicestershire was built in 1827 and a church hall was later added to the east of the Church in 1979. See more detail of the history of the church below in the History section.
Great Easton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of Leicestershire, England. The parish had a population of 558 according to the 2001 census.
Glooston is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 54.
Fineshade Wood is a large wooded area in the county of Northamptonshire in the English East Midlands region. The wood is protected by and cared for by the Forestry Commission and is part of the former royal hunting forest of Rockingham Forest. Fines…
Finedon railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.
The Eye Brook is a river in the East Midlands of England, a tributary of the River Welland.
Elkington is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.
The East Northamptonshire College or TENC for short is a consortium of secondary schools in East Northamptonshire that offer Post-16 education.
East Langton railway station was opened by the Midland Railway on what is now the Midland Main Line in 1857, initially calling it simply Langton.