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Northamptonshire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Northamptonshire.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname.
This quiz is about the historic county, which encompasses territory now part of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire.
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Last updated: March 27, 2026
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A
Stately home where Princess Diana lived as a teenager
Althorp House
B
Town where the Mercedes F1 team is headquartered
Brackley
C
DNA discoverer from Northampton
Francis Crick
D
Market town near Warwickshire
Daventry
E
Large village whose shoe-making industry inspired Kinky Boots
Earls Barton
F
Ruined castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was executed
Fotheringhay Castle
G
Lawn ornament first brought to England by Charles Isham
Garden gnome
H
Market towns east of Wellingborough
Higham Ferrers
I
Irthlingborough
J
Alan Moore novel set in Northampton
Jerusalem
K
Large stately homes
Kirby Hall
L
Lilford Hall
M
Jane Austen novel set in Northamptonshire
Mansfield Park
N
River that flows through Northampton
Nene
O
Market town in the northeast
Oundle
P
City; historically a distinct and separately governed 'Soke'
Peterborough
Q
Shopping centre in P
Queensgate
R
Technology first successfully tested in D
Radar
S
British Grand Prix race track shared with Buckinghamshire
Silverstone Circuit
T
Town known to the Romans as Lactodurum
Towcester
U
Waterway that crosses the county
Grand Union Canal
V
Boughton House has been nicknamed the 'English ________'
Versailles
W
Conflict that saw the 1460 Battle of Northampton
Wars of the Roses
Y
Radiohead singer from Wellingborough
Thom Yorke
Z
T twinned with this Ukrainian city in 2024
Zhydachiv
 
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