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I seem to remember that Northampton applied unsuccesfully to become one of the "millenium cities" but lost out to Wolverhampton, am I right? G-Man 21:16, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
I'm not sure about parts of the Leisure and Culture section, such as: "...to follow in the footsteps of giants like Deep Purple, Madness and My cat dillion." Deep Purple didnt play at the Racehorse, right? -- Jeffthejiff 20:03, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yep, Deep Purple did many moons ago in the Back room, it was a venue similar to the Irish Centre back in the early 90's or the Roadmender previously (remember?). I wondered if I was a bit 'chatty' in that section though Andham2000 23:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC) Madness played in the 90's on their incognito tour.
Alright then, i just couldnt find anything else about them playing there. Maybe you might have been a bit too chatty and vague. I also cleaned up your My Cat Dillion article and renamed it with capital letters. jeffthejiff 11:43, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I couldn't agree more Jeff, This section is just name-dropping famous music acts that have absolutely no connection with Northampton other than they have played gig's there!! I suggest this paragraph is removed, possibly just leaving in reference to the genuine Northampton but not very famous My Car Dillion (sic). -- 80.177.124.44 13:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) Ade_myers. So removed paragraph for now, -- 80.177.124.44 18:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC) ade_myers
Is Nothampton not larger than Dudley now, contradictory to what it says on the page? Sh4wz0r 07:28, 18 Sep 2008 (UTC) Sh4wz0r —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.22.3 ( talk)
Could someone write something about the Twinfest? That would be a part for Culture and the Twinning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.248.172.22 ( talk) 11:45, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Has the roadmender actually shut now? It's a shame if it has. Mattyw 10:53 2 Dec 2005
Roadmender Reopened in october, Trust me I live here.
Is anyone sure that Northants TV was ever on terrestrial? It seems highly unlikely to me. John Campbell 13:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
He is listed as living in Cogenhoe. However, the Peter Purves article says he lives in Suffolk. Does he have two homes? Or is there a mistake somewhere? -- A bit iffy 12:35, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning this film, to my knowlege it is the only mainstream film ever to be made in the town, so perhaps worth a mention. andham2000
There have been some that use rural Northants - who can forget 'Clockwise' starring John Cleese ? I seem to remember bits of the Goldeneye James Bond film were filmed near Harlestone ? -- 195.137.93.171 ( talk) 05:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
For some reason it was specifically claiming Northampton was never designated a new town. This is not actually true, and so I've changed it. Morwen - Talk 17:13, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Surely this is incorrect, particularly when you click on the East Anglia link. It shows a completely different area of the country.
The Anglian Regiment isn't East Anglian. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment also became part of it. Leicestershire is defenitely East Midlands. "Anglian" could refer to any part of England that was settled by Angles rather than Saxons or Jutes and therefore really any part of England north of the Thames. It could even refer to the south eastern part of Scotland. Northamptonshire has Anglia Television, receives Anglian Water (along with most of East Anglia) and is part of the East Midlands Rugby Union (along with Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.) It is also in the East Midland Regional Area so far as national governmnent is concerned. Spinney Hill ( talk) 12:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
I recently made some changes to the layout which were reverted with a "No that doesn't work". The changes I made and reasoning behind them were as follows:
Comments on why this doesn't work welcome. MartinRe 19:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
From Abington park...
The Park also hosts a high-class tearoom/restaurant "The Park Cafe" (formerly known as the 'The Old Oak'). It serves a menu of specialty coffees, a very wide selection of meals, and a special childrens menu. It has been under ownership of Tony Ansell since 1981.
Seems more like an advert to me. Not sure what makes it high-class, why we need to know it has achildrens menu or who runs it. Perhaps something that could be removed????
80.5.196.32 21:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Should this be deleted? A-Nottingham 16:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I have added Lorna Fitzgerald back into the list. A Google search for 'Lorna Fitzgerald' returned 234,000 results, as opposed to Joan Hickson's 168,000. Joshua Issac ( talk) 14:26, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
I would appreciate it if people would stop linking scandalous accusations to St Peter's Independent School, these comments are not helpful, and anyone considering sending their children to a school will research OFSTED reports anyway, without being linked directly to them. The page has a link to OFSTED, so why does St. Peter's have a 'special' link - if you're going to do that, link to every other school's most recent OFSTED report.
This school has had a good reputation for 30 years, and I have experienced over a decade of that.
"Until 2004 the county operated a three-tier system involving primary, middle and secondary schools."
Shouldn't it be three-tier system involving lower, middle and upper schools. That's what they were called. —Preceding
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I tend to agree with Numbers. This school seems to have been singled out for criticism. A) None of the other schools have ANY comments next to them, they're merely a list. B) The article vaguely states "subject of several controversial issues", but then all the links that it provides appear to point to one allegation which prompted an Ofsted visit. I note also that while the references quite happily point out that a charity commission investigation was launched, the result of the report is sadly absent. None of that seems particularly encyclopaedic to me. Factual accuracy and neutrality is not the same as censorship. danno 11:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
The OSTED report is there and states: "St Peter’s Independent School does not meet all the regulations for independent schools, and in particular the overall provision for pupils’ welfare, health and safety is inadequate. This is primarily because safeguarding procedures are inadequate. The failure to properly safeguard pupils means that the overall effectiveness of the Early Years Foundation Stage is inadequate. "A link stating The Headteacher has been cleared is also there" (current ref 19). The headteacher has now resigned. If this was a school like Eton there would be no question that these sort of links would be of major national interest. In this case is is of local interest only, though I wouldn't say major. One does wonder what the motives are of those who want to censor this information. Cj1340 ( talk) 12:42, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Firstly, I would like to thank those who agree that this is not the place to publically denounce the school. It is merely a list of independent schools in the area, and it should stay that way. By editing, I am not censoring the information - it is available freely for people to view. The OFSTED report also stated that children in the school 'were happy, free from bullying and enjoyed coming to school' - that's a fact. The 'safeguarding issue' was in reference to a policy that had not been updated, and this was immediately rectified by the school, in accordance with OFSTED. The school is now in line with all OFSTED procedures for the safeguarding of children (as per the later OFSTED inspection), however those with malicious motives prefer to twist the facts to try and publically defame a very good school and the hard-working teachers and pupils within it. The headteacher did not resign, he has retired.
Thank you.
88.107.78.95 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:43, 7 July 2009 (UTC).
Thank you. I apologise for the constant reverting, but I'm sure you can sympathise that you wish to protect something when it's close to your own heart. Thank you for removing the 'offending' sentence - as has been mentioned by others, surely it is a list and should stay that way?
Thanks once again.
88.107.78.95 ( talk) 20:51, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Interesting that this article is supposed to be part of the Wiki Geography project, yet there doesn't seem to anything remotely connected to it! Peter Shearan ( talk) 19:00, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
“We’re planning to one day go to Northampton in England which is like the pagan capital of the world to do our ‘10 years and a day’ handfasting.”
If Northampton is the pagan capital of the world a mention might be interesting. I could not find anything to confirm it one way or an other. Did he mean Northamptonshire? Geo8rge ( talk) 18:18, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I think that the infobox looks too big with the Northants and UK maps in it. Anyone else agree? And, if so, do you know enough about these maps/templates to know if there's anything that would combine the two and take up only half the space? Matthew ( talk) 20:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
In the "21st century" section, there is a statement that Northampton's population will be at 300,000 by 2018. A few lines later it gives a figure of 1,000,000 for the same year. The first figure I can almost imagine happening, although it's a bit of a stretch given the recession. The second is outright preposterous. Ignoring the fact that the town centre couldn't handle that traffic and the fact that Northampton's proximity to Milton Keynes makes that kind of growth very unlikely, the giving of two different figures for the same period is very poor for a Wikipedia article. Can anyone clarify for me the source of these figures or if either of them have any truth to them? Tom walker ( talk) 18:17, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Can we please have a reference about Northants? What is it, an abbreviation? Is it equivalent to Northampton? Better? Worse? Older? Newer? Preferable? More formal? Less formal?
Thanks. 205.228.108.58 ( talk) 07:58, 3 August 2010 (UTC) It's an abbreviation for Northamptonshire, the county and is used for all counties ending in ' shire'; thus Beds=Bedfordshire Hants=Hampshire etc Cj1340 ( talk) 10:23, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Is /nɔrˈθæmptən/ the tradition pronunciation? I say /nɔːθˈhæmptən/ but that might be a modern spelling pronunciation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Derbyadhag ( talk • contribs) 11:32, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Northampton Massachusetts is a well-known small city in America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.30.167 ( talk) 22:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
I concur. Coming from Northampton (UK) I have personally been confused a couple of times by reading about "Northampton" and it turns out to be Mass. I think there's one is Australia as well.. being an anonymous IP, I know my argument holds much weight here :/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.222.230 ( talk) 02:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
you need to redo the layout of northampton tempeter because you need to add the record of the maximum tempeter it has reached and the records lowest it has went to — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skype565 ( talk • contribs) 10:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Under section Buildings, Delapre Abbey (a place I myself have not seen, having only once visited Northampton) is introduced in this confusing sentence - it appears more than one building is being talked about:
For benefit of people who have never seen it, please clear it up. The information may be better expressed in more than one sentence. Cloptonson ( talk) 05:57, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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"Northampton is also home to Northampton Outlaws, the first inclusive rugby team and the 9th gay-friendly team in the United Kingdom."
What is an "inclusive rugby team"? Inclusive of what? 2.24.119.101 ( talk) 22:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Edit Edit 767691408 added two lots of named refs britishhistory2 which seems to be to britishhistory and andrewmartin2 which seems that it should be to andrewmartin. I have changed the refs
Unfortunately, I don't have access to either of these sources, so it would be great if someone who does could check.
Newystats ( talk) 03:12, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
May I suggest that it be converted to a bar chart, rather than a long table with loads of white space as at present.
Like this one for MK, perhaps? Alternatively, make the table collapsible (and collapsed by default)? --
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According to NOMIS (the official census portal):
This report covers the characteristics of people and households in Northampton Built-up area in East Midlands (GSS code E34004611). Figures are sourced from the 2011 Census key statistics. There were 215,963 usual residents as at Census day 2011", [1]
This population figure is larger than is given in the article and also the GSS code is different. I suspect that someone has used the 1970-something boundary The figures given are for "Northampton District" (the Northampton Built-up Sub-area), which excludes the modern expansion of the town
Collingtree. This does not make a lot of sense to me. Before I change the article, is there a convincing reason not to do so? --
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References
'Northampton's market square is one of Britain's largest and most historic' - what on earth does that mean? What are degrees of historicalness? 109.158.15.191 ( talk) 06:14, 28 May 2020 (UTC) I think it might be intended to mean the oldest site for a market which is not true. I think the 13th century is quite late for a market square. Professor Hoskins I think wrote in his history of the Leicestershire landscape that Leicester Market Place goes back to Roman times. It might also be intended to mean that a great many historic events took place there,but the article only mentions one (a riot.) It might mean that there are more old buildings around it than in other places,but with one exception there can be only one building older than the 1680s and most are newer. I think York, Norwich and Stamford could probably beat that. Whatever it was intended to mean I don't think anybody will complain too much if you alter it. Spinney Hill ( talk) 08:43, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
In my opinion, the graph that shows Northampton's population should be made smaller because at its current size the graph is spoiling the alignment of the text in the article, making it look unprofessional in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xboxsponge15 ( talk • contribs) 11:11, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion at talk:Milton Keynes#"Large" town that may be of interest to editors of this article (since it also uses the phrase "large town"). -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 11:07, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
The discussion above concluded that we shouldn't use the term 'large' because we have no objective or independent definition of it. So another way round has to be found, such as "the largest town in Northamptonshire"? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 08:34, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
In fact a "way round" has been used a little further down where it says it is one of the largest towns in England which is not a city Spinney Hill ( talk) 11:03, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
@
Nardog and
Vabadus91: As you both well know, the talk page is where disputes should be resolved, not revert wars in main space. Meanwhile,
WP:STATUSQUO applies: the article should stay as it was before the dispute began. In any case, you are both wrong: the local dialect pronunciation is closer to Nawf_amp_ʔon.
Vabadus91, not that it is relevant in this case but it is not correct to say that British English has a specific rhoticity because it depends. England west of Bristol, Scotland and Northern Ireland have a different pronunciation to the rest of England. Not sure about Wales. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 17:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
I don't know if there is a general rule about the basis for this figure, but according to Google Maps the road distance is 68.2 miles from Charing Cross; according to the Engineer's line reference, the rail distance is 65 miles 68 chains (65.85 mi) from Euston. Either way, definitely not 60. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 21:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
The (mostly) reliable source for what is or is not part of "Greater Northampton" is the Office for National Statistics. So if the area concerned is not on this map
then some serious citation finding is needed. Sorry but "it's obvious from looking at a map" qualifies as WP:Original research.
NB this is the status as at the 2011 census: the maps for 2021 have not been published yet. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:53, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
I was wondering if it might be a good idea to create an article for the civil parish of Northampton, (e.g. Northampton (civil parish)) as it is defined differently from the urban area/former borough which this main article is predominantly about. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? G-13114 ( talk) 18:57, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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I seem to remember that Northampton applied unsuccesfully to become one of the "millenium cities" but lost out to Wolverhampton, am I right? G-Man 21:16, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
I'm not sure about parts of the Leisure and Culture section, such as: "...to follow in the footsteps of giants like Deep Purple, Madness and My cat dillion." Deep Purple didnt play at the Racehorse, right? -- Jeffthejiff 20:03, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yep, Deep Purple did many moons ago in the Back room, it was a venue similar to the Irish Centre back in the early 90's or the Roadmender previously (remember?). I wondered if I was a bit 'chatty' in that section though Andham2000 23:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC) Madness played in the 90's on their incognito tour.
Alright then, i just couldnt find anything else about them playing there. Maybe you might have been a bit too chatty and vague. I also cleaned up your My Cat Dillion article and renamed it with capital letters. jeffthejiff 11:43, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I couldn't agree more Jeff, This section is just name-dropping famous music acts that have absolutely no connection with Northampton other than they have played gig's there!! I suggest this paragraph is removed, possibly just leaving in reference to the genuine Northampton but not very famous My Car Dillion (sic). -- 80.177.124.44 13:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) Ade_myers. So removed paragraph for now, -- 80.177.124.44 18:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC) ade_myers
Is Nothampton not larger than Dudley now, contradictory to what it says on the page? Sh4wz0r 07:28, 18 Sep 2008 (UTC) Sh4wz0r —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.22.3 ( talk)
Could someone write something about the Twinfest? That would be a part for Culture and the Twinning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.248.172.22 ( talk) 11:45, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Has the roadmender actually shut now? It's a shame if it has. Mattyw 10:53 2 Dec 2005
Roadmender Reopened in october, Trust me I live here.
Is anyone sure that Northants TV was ever on terrestrial? It seems highly unlikely to me. John Campbell 13:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
He is listed as living in Cogenhoe. However, the Peter Purves article says he lives in Suffolk. Does he have two homes? Or is there a mistake somewhere? -- A bit iffy 12:35, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning this film, to my knowlege it is the only mainstream film ever to be made in the town, so perhaps worth a mention. andham2000
There have been some that use rural Northants - who can forget 'Clockwise' starring John Cleese ? I seem to remember bits of the Goldeneye James Bond film were filmed near Harlestone ? -- 195.137.93.171 ( talk) 05:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
For some reason it was specifically claiming Northampton was never designated a new town. This is not actually true, and so I've changed it. Morwen - Talk 17:13, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Surely this is incorrect, particularly when you click on the East Anglia link. It shows a completely different area of the country.
The Anglian Regiment isn't East Anglian. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment also became part of it. Leicestershire is defenitely East Midlands. "Anglian" could refer to any part of England that was settled by Angles rather than Saxons or Jutes and therefore really any part of England north of the Thames. It could even refer to the south eastern part of Scotland. Northamptonshire has Anglia Television, receives Anglian Water (along with most of East Anglia) and is part of the East Midlands Rugby Union (along with Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.) It is also in the East Midland Regional Area so far as national governmnent is concerned. Spinney Hill ( talk) 12:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
I recently made some changes to the layout which were reverted with a "No that doesn't work". The changes I made and reasoning behind them were as follows:
Comments on why this doesn't work welcome. MartinRe 19:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
From Abington park...
The Park also hosts a high-class tearoom/restaurant "The Park Cafe" (formerly known as the 'The Old Oak'). It serves a menu of specialty coffees, a very wide selection of meals, and a special childrens menu. It has been under ownership of Tony Ansell since 1981.
Seems more like an advert to me. Not sure what makes it high-class, why we need to know it has achildrens menu or who runs it. Perhaps something that could be removed????
80.5.196.32 21:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Should this be deleted? A-Nottingham 16:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I have added Lorna Fitzgerald back into the list. A Google search for 'Lorna Fitzgerald' returned 234,000 results, as opposed to Joan Hickson's 168,000. Joshua Issac ( talk) 14:26, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
I would appreciate it if people would stop linking scandalous accusations to St Peter's Independent School, these comments are not helpful, and anyone considering sending their children to a school will research OFSTED reports anyway, without being linked directly to them. The page has a link to OFSTED, so why does St. Peter's have a 'special' link - if you're going to do that, link to every other school's most recent OFSTED report.
This school has had a good reputation for 30 years, and I have experienced over a decade of that.
"Until 2004 the county operated a three-tier system involving primary, middle and secondary schools."
Shouldn't it be three-tier system involving lower, middle and upper schools. That's what they were called. —Preceding
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12:45, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
That is correct..~~
I tend to agree with Numbers. This school seems to have been singled out for criticism. A) None of the other schools have ANY comments next to them, they're merely a list. B) The article vaguely states "subject of several controversial issues", but then all the links that it provides appear to point to one allegation which prompted an Ofsted visit. I note also that while the references quite happily point out that a charity commission investigation was launched, the result of the report is sadly absent. None of that seems particularly encyclopaedic to me. Factual accuracy and neutrality is not the same as censorship. danno 11:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
The OSTED report is there and states: "St Peter’s Independent School does not meet all the regulations for independent schools, and in particular the overall provision for pupils’ welfare, health and safety is inadequate. This is primarily because safeguarding procedures are inadequate. The failure to properly safeguard pupils means that the overall effectiveness of the Early Years Foundation Stage is inadequate. "A link stating The Headteacher has been cleared is also there" (current ref 19). The headteacher has now resigned. If this was a school like Eton there would be no question that these sort of links would be of major national interest. In this case is is of local interest only, though I wouldn't say major. One does wonder what the motives are of those who want to censor this information. Cj1340 ( talk) 12:42, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Firstly, I would like to thank those who agree that this is not the place to publically denounce the school. It is merely a list of independent schools in the area, and it should stay that way. By editing, I am not censoring the information - it is available freely for people to view. The OFSTED report also stated that children in the school 'were happy, free from bullying and enjoyed coming to school' - that's a fact. The 'safeguarding issue' was in reference to a policy that had not been updated, and this was immediately rectified by the school, in accordance with OFSTED. The school is now in line with all OFSTED procedures for the safeguarding of children (as per the later OFSTED inspection), however those with malicious motives prefer to twist the facts to try and publically defame a very good school and the hard-working teachers and pupils within it. The headteacher did not resign, he has retired.
Thank you.
88.107.78.95 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:43, 7 July 2009 (UTC).
Thank you. I apologise for the constant reverting, but I'm sure you can sympathise that you wish to protect something when it's close to your own heart. Thank you for removing the 'offending' sentence - as has been mentioned by others, surely it is a list and should stay that way?
Thanks once again.
88.107.78.95 ( talk) 20:51, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Interesting that this article is supposed to be part of the Wiki Geography project, yet there doesn't seem to anything remotely connected to it! Peter Shearan ( talk) 19:00, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
“We’re planning to one day go to Northampton in England which is like the pagan capital of the world to do our ‘10 years and a day’ handfasting.”
If Northampton is the pagan capital of the world a mention might be interesting. I could not find anything to confirm it one way or an other. Did he mean Northamptonshire? Geo8rge ( talk) 18:18, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I think that the infobox looks too big with the Northants and UK maps in it. Anyone else agree? And, if so, do you know enough about these maps/templates to know if there's anything that would combine the two and take up only half the space? Matthew ( talk) 20:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
In the "21st century" section, there is a statement that Northampton's population will be at 300,000 by 2018. A few lines later it gives a figure of 1,000,000 for the same year. The first figure I can almost imagine happening, although it's a bit of a stretch given the recession. The second is outright preposterous. Ignoring the fact that the town centre couldn't handle that traffic and the fact that Northampton's proximity to Milton Keynes makes that kind of growth very unlikely, the giving of two different figures for the same period is very poor for a Wikipedia article. Can anyone clarify for me the source of these figures or if either of them have any truth to them? Tom walker ( talk) 18:17, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Can we please have a reference about Northants? What is it, an abbreviation? Is it equivalent to Northampton? Better? Worse? Older? Newer? Preferable? More formal? Less formal?
Thanks. 205.228.108.58 ( talk) 07:58, 3 August 2010 (UTC) It's an abbreviation for Northamptonshire, the county and is used for all counties ending in ' shire'; thus Beds=Bedfordshire Hants=Hampshire etc Cj1340 ( talk) 10:23, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Is /nɔrˈθæmptən/ the tradition pronunciation? I say /nɔːθˈhæmptən/ but that might be a modern spelling pronunciation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Derbyadhag ( talk • contribs) 11:32, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Northampton Massachusetts is a well-known small city in America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.30.167 ( talk) 22:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
I concur. Coming from Northampton (UK) I have personally been confused a couple of times by reading about "Northampton" and it turns out to be Mass. I think there's one is Australia as well.. being an anonymous IP, I know my argument holds much weight here :/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.222.230 ( talk) 02:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
you need to redo the layout of northampton tempeter because you need to add the record of the maximum tempeter it has reached and the records lowest it has went to — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skype565 ( talk • contribs) 10:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Under section Buildings, Delapre Abbey (a place I myself have not seen, having only once visited Northampton) is introduced in this confusing sentence - it appears more than one building is being talked about:
For benefit of people who have never seen it, please clear it up. The information may be better expressed in more than one sentence. Cloptonson ( talk) 05:57, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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"Northampton is also home to Northampton Outlaws, the first inclusive rugby team and the 9th gay-friendly team in the United Kingdom."
What is an "inclusive rugby team"? Inclusive of what? 2.24.119.101 ( talk) 22:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Edit Edit 767691408 added two lots of named refs britishhistory2 which seems to be to britishhistory and andrewmartin2 which seems that it should be to andrewmartin. I have changed the refs
Unfortunately, I don't have access to either of these sources, so it would be great if someone who does could check.
Newystats ( talk) 03:12, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
May I suggest that it be converted to a bar chart, rather than a long table with loads of white space as at present.
Like this one for MK, perhaps? Alternatively, make the table collapsible (and collapsed by default)? --
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15:35, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
According to NOMIS (the official census portal):
This report covers the characteristics of people and households in Northampton Built-up area in East Midlands (GSS code E34004611). Figures are sourced from the 2011 Census key statistics. There were 215,963 usual residents as at Census day 2011", [1]
This population figure is larger than is given in the article and also the GSS code is different. I suspect that someone has used the 1970-something boundary The figures given are for "Northampton District" (the Northampton Built-up Sub-area), which excludes the modern expansion of the town
Collingtree. This does not make a lot of sense to me. Before I change the article, is there a convincing reason not to do so? --
John Maynard Friedman (
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'Northampton's market square is one of Britain's largest and most historic' - what on earth does that mean? What are degrees of historicalness? 109.158.15.191 ( talk) 06:14, 28 May 2020 (UTC) I think it might be intended to mean the oldest site for a market which is not true. I think the 13th century is quite late for a market square. Professor Hoskins I think wrote in his history of the Leicestershire landscape that Leicester Market Place goes back to Roman times. It might also be intended to mean that a great many historic events took place there,but the article only mentions one (a riot.) It might mean that there are more old buildings around it than in other places,but with one exception there can be only one building older than the 1680s and most are newer. I think York, Norwich and Stamford could probably beat that. Whatever it was intended to mean I don't think anybody will complain too much if you alter it. Spinney Hill ( talk) 08:43, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
In my opinion, the graph that shows Northampton's population should be made smaller because at its current size the graph is spoiling the alignment of the text in the article, making it look unprofessional in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xboxsponge15 ( talk • contribs) 11:11, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion at talk:Milton Keynes#"Large" town that may be of interest to editors of this article (since it also uses the phrase "large town"). -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 11:07, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
The discussion above concluded that we shouldn't use the term 'large' because we have no objective or independent definition of it. So another way round has to be found, such as "the largest town in Northamptonshire"? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 08:34, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
In fact a "way round" has been used a little further down where it says it is one of the largest towns in England which is not a city Spinney Hill ( talk) 11:03, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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Nardog and
Vabadus91: As you both well know, the talk page is where disputes should be resolved, not revert wars in main space. Meanwhile,
WP:STATUSQUO applies: the article should stay as it was before the dispute began. In any case, you are both wrong: the local dialect pronunciation is closer to Nawf_amp_ʔon.
Vabadus91, not that it is relevant in this case but it is not correct to say that British English has a specific rhoticity because it depends. England west of Bristol, Scotland and Northern Ireland have a different pronunciation to the rest of England. Not sure about Wales. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 17:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
I don't know if there is a general rule about the basis for this figure, but according to Google Maps the road distance is 68.2 miles from Charing Cross; according to the Engineer's line reference, the rail distance is 65 miles 68 chains (65.85 mi) from Euston. Either way, definitely not 60. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 21:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
The (mostly) reliable source for what is or is not part of "Greater Northampton" is the Office for National Statistics. So if the area concerned is not on this map
then some serious citation finding is needed. Sorry but "it's obvious from looking at a map" qualifies as WP:Original research.
NB this is the status as at the 2011 census: the maps for 2021 have not been published yet. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:53, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
I was wondering if it might be a good idea to create an article for the civil parish of Northampton, (e.g. Northampton (civil parish)) as it is defined differently from the urban area/former borough which this main article is predominantly about. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? G-13114 ( talk) 18:57, 29 January 2024 (UTC)