Northampton

From Old English Norþhāmtūn, equivalent to north +‎ Hampton. The earliest reference to Northampton in writing occurred in 914 under the name Ham tune. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Northantone: the prefix “North” was added later to distinguish it from other towns called “Hampton”, most prominently Southampton.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɔːˈθæmptən/

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Northampton

2. A large town, the county town of Northamptonshire, now in West Northamptonshire district, England.
3. A former borough in Northamptonshire, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into the district of West Northamptonshire.
4. A civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, county of Northamptonshire, first elected in 2021, believed to be the largest town with a town council in England.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   2. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
      • 2025 August 19, Jeanne Bonner, “This independent haven is a ‘tangibly different’ college town”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 December 2025:

        Northampton is a town of just 30,000 people, with only five distinct neighborhoods. But stats like that obscure the fact that Northampton has long punched above its weight, culturally.

   4. A town in Fulton County, New York.
   5. A hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
   6. A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   8. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
   9. A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
6. A parish and community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
8. A town, the seat of the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, named after John Hampton.
9. A local government area north of Geraldton, Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Northampton.

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