Northampton

English <dab!> Etymology From en ang Norþhāmtūn, equivalent to en north home town. 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. Pronunciation en /nɔːˈθæmptən/ UK en En-uk-Northampton.ogg UK en En-us-Northampton.flac US Proper noun en Q192240en large town/county town co/Northamptonshire now in uauth/West Northamptonshire cc/England. en former borough in co/Northamptonshire abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into the uauth:pref/West Northamptonshire. en cpar with a town council in uauth/West Northamptonshire co:pref/Northamptonshire, first elected in 2021, believed to be the largest town with a town council in England. en number of places c/USA: en Q49186en city/county seat co/Hampshire County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Northampton, Massachusetts en Jeanne Bonner This independent haven is a ‘tangibly different’ college town w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/northampton-massachusetts-2025-best-towns-america 2025-08-19 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260508123521/https://www.cnn.com/travel/northampton-massachusetts-2025-best-towns-america 8 May 2026 en Q7057574en town co/Fulton County s/New York. en hamlet/and/CDP co/Suffolk County isl/Long Island s/New York. en twp co/Bucks County s/Pennsylvania. en Q933747en borough in co/Northampton County s/Pennsylvania. en twp co/Somerset County s/Pennsylvania. en parish/and/community co/Carleton County p/New Brunswick c/Canada. en Q728065en town , the seat of the shire:Pref/Northampton s/Western Australia, named after John Hampton. en lgarea north of city/Geraldton s/Western Australia the Shire of Northampton. Derived terms en Northamptonian Northampton County Translations county town Russian: ru Нортге́мптон m See also en North Hampton en Southampton References