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Used as a location for television, film and theatre is Northampton in Northamptonshire. Featured in William Shakespeare's history play King John and in Becket, a play by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is the Castle of Northampton.

Established by royal charter by King Henry III in 1261 was the first University of Northampton in Northamptonshire, which started to rival the universities in Cambridge and Oxford, with their students migrating to the Northampton establishment.

Almost completely destroyed by the Great Fire of Northampton in 1675 was the current All Saints' Church that was built on the location of a great Norman church, All Hallows in Northamptonshire. A small rural settlement is thought to have existed in the present-day district of Duston in the Roman period where remains of Roman pottery were found there.

National Lift Tower is a dominant feature and visible from most of the town at 127.45 m (418 ft 2 in) tall. On the Northampton Loop of the West Coast Main Line, Northampton railway station in Northamptonshire, has services southbound to London Euston and northbound to Birmingham and Crewe. Also providing two daily services to London are Virgin Trains.

The address of Premiership rugby union team Northampton Saints, who play at Franklin's Gardens in the St James area, is the town. Northampton suffered flooding on Good Friday 1998 where two people were killed and thousands of homes were affected, particularly in the areas of Far Cotton and St James in Northamptonshire.

Northampton School for Boys which became the top performing comprehensive school in the country in 2007 and Northampton School for Girls, the first school in England to gain Specialist Music College status are some of its successful secondary schools in Northamptonshire.