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Kettering is a town in Northamptonshire, England, about north of London and from Northampton, on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. [1]

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A14 road (England)

The A14 is a trunk road in England, running from the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk to its western end at the Catthorpe Interchange; a major intersection at the southern end of the M6 and junction 19 of the M1 in Leicestershire.

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A43 road

The A43 is a primary route in the English Midlands, that runs from the M40 motorway near Ardley in Oxfordshire to Stamford in Lincolnshire.

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A45 road

The A45 is a major road in England.

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A6003 road

The A6003 is an A-class road in England, linking Kettering in Northamptonshire with Corby and Oakham, the latter in Rutland.

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Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems.

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Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

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Andrew Fuller

Andrew Fuller (6 February 17547 May 1815) was an English Particular Baptist minister and theologian.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Aquascutum

Aquascutum is a British-based luxury clothing manufacturer and retailer.

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Aryzta

Aryzta is a food business based in Zurich with operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

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Athelney

Athelney is located between the villages of Burrowbridge and East Lyng in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England.

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Barton Seagrave

Barton Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Kettering borough of Northamptonshire, England.

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Bedford railway station

Bedford railway station (formerly Bedford Midland Road) is the larger of two railway stations in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

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Belgae

The Belgae were a large Gallic-Germanic confederation of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel, the west bank of the Rhine, and northern bank of the river Seine, from at least the third century BC.

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Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport and before that, Elmdon Airport, is an international airport located east southeast of Birmingham city centre, slightly north of Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.

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Bishop of Peterborough

The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop Stopford School

Bishop Stopford School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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BMS World Mission

BMS World Mission is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England in 1792.

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Borough of Kettering

Kettering is a local government district and borough in Northamptonshire, England.

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Boughton House

Boughton House is a country house about north-east of Kettering off the A422 road near Geddington in Northamptonshire, England.

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Boughton, Northamptonshire

Boughton is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England, about from Northampton town centre along the A508 road between Northampton and Market Harborough.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.

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Broughton, Northamptonshire

Broughton is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Kettering, in Northamptonshire, England, with a population at the 2011 census of 2,208 people.

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Burton Latimer

Burton Latimer is a town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population in 2011 of 7,449.

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Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).

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By-election

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India), are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catuvellauni

The Catuvellauni were a Celtic tribe or state of southeastern Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century.

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Centrebus

Centrebus is a bus company operating services in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Christian mission

A Christian mission is an organized effort to spread Christianity.

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Clark Gable

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood" or just simply as "The King".

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Commuting

Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one's place of residence and place of work, or study, and in doing so exceed the boundary of their residential community.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Convention center

A convention center (American English; conference centre outside the USA) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests.

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Corby

Corby is a town and borough in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

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Corby railway station

Corby railway station, owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT), is in Corby, Northamptonshire, England.

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Corn exchange

A corn exchange (English) is a building where merchants traded corns.

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Cottingham, Northamptonshire

Cottingham is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire in the English midlands that can trace its history back to Roman times.

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Crocket

A crocket (or, croquet) is a hook-shaped decorative element common in Gothic architecture.

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Danelaw

The Danelaw (also known as the Danelagh; Dena lagu; Danelagen), as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, is a historical name given to the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Derby railway station

Derby railway station, also known as Derby Midland, is a main line station serving the city of Derby in England.

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Desborough

Desborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England, located in the Ise Valley between Market Harborough and Kettering.

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Distribution (marketing)

Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix.

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Dolcis Shoes

Dolcis Shoes is a shoewear retailer in the United Kingdom that operate online and through retailers.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Duke of Buccleuch

The title Duke of Buccleuch, formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, is a title created twice in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Eadwig

Eadwig, also spelled Edwy (died 1 October 959), sometimes called the All-Fair, was King of England from 955 until his premature death.

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East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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East Midlands Airport

East Midlands Airport is an international airport in the East Midlands of England, located in Leicestershire close to Castle Donington.

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East Midlands Trains

East Midlands Trains (EMT) is a British train operating company owned by Stagecoach Group.

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Edgar the Peaceful

Edgar (Ēadgār; 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death.

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Edward the Elder

Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death.

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Eighth Air Force

The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (8 AF) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

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Eleanor cross

The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with tall crosses, of which three survive nearly intact, in a line down part of the east of England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style originating in France, before then flourishing in England from about 1180 until about 1520.

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Enola Gay

The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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Eurostar

Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Amsterdam, Avignon, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris and Rotterdam.

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Excavation (archaeology)

In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains.

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Finedon

Finedon is a small town in the Borough of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, with a population at the 2011 census of 4,309 people.

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Flight training

Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft.

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Foederati

Foederatus (in English; pl. foederati) was any one of several outlying nations to which ancient Rome provided benefits in exchange for military assistance.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Freeman, Hardy and Willis

Freeman, Hardy and Willis was a major chain of footwear retailers in the United Kingdom.

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Geddington

Geddington is a village and civil parish on the A4300, previously A43, in north-east Northamptonshire between Kettering and Corby.

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General aviation

General aviation (GA) is all civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire.

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Gentry

The gentry (genterie; Old French gentil: "high-born") are the "well-born, genteel, and well-bred people" of the social class below the nobility of a society.

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Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic Secondary Modern Schools.

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Hallstatt culture

The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European culture of Early Iron Age Europe from the 8th to 6th centuries BC, developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC (Late Bronze Age) and followed in much of its area by the La Tène culture.

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Hanged, drawn and quartered

To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1352 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272).

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Health club

A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness centre, health spa, and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.

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Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death.

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Hide (unit)

The hide was an English unit of land measurement originally intended to represent the amount of land sufficient to support a household.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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Irthlingborough

Irthlingborough is a town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England.

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Islip, Northamptonshire

Islip is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire, England.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)

Kettering is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Hollobone, a Conservative.

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Kettering Buccleuch Academy

Kettering Buccleuch Academy is a mixed all-through school and sixth form located in Kettering in the English county of Northamptonshire.

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Kettering Conference Centre

The Kettering Conference Centre is a multi-functional sports and conference centre located in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

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Kettering General Hospital

Kettering General Hospital is a NHS hospital in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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Kettering Grammar School

Kettering Grammar School was a boys grammar school (selective) that had a number of homes in Kettering, Northamptonshire throughout its history.

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Kettering Ironstone Railway

The Kettering Ironstone Railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway that served the ironstone quarries around Kettering.

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Kettering Rugby Football Club

Kettering Rugby Football Club (KRFC) is a rugby club located in Waverley Road on the south side of Kettering, England.

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Kettering Science Academy

Kettering Science Academy is a primary and secondary phase school in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, teaching pupils from age 3 to 18.

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Kettering Town F.C.

Kettering Town Football Club is a football club representing Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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Kettering, Ohio

Kettering is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, almost entirely in Montgomery County.

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Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2 is the legal term for the four years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, when the pupils are aged between 7 and 11 years.

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Key Stage 3

Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Lahnstein

Lahnstein is a ''verband''-free town of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Latimer Arts College

The Latimer Community Arts College is a foundation secondary school located in Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, England, teaching students aged 11 to 18.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Leicester railway station

Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester London Road) serves the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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Leisure centre

A leisure centre in the UK, Ireland, Australia (also called aquatic centres) and Canada is a purpose built building or site, usually owned and operated by the city, borough council or municipal district council, where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities.

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Levellers

The Levellers was a political movement during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

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List of Peep Show characters

Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Stansted Airport

London Stansted Airport is an international airport located at Stansted Mountfitchet in the district of Uttlesford in Essex, northeast of Central London and from the Hertfordshire border.

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Luton Airport

London Luton Airport, previously called Luton International Airport, is an international airport located east of the town centre in the Borough of Luton in Bedfordshire, England, and is north of Central London.

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Luton railway station

Luton railway station is a railway station located in the town centre of Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

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M1 motorway

The M1 is a motorway in England connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle.

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M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction (J45).

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Market Harborough

Market Harborough is a market town within the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Mawsley

Mawsley is a newly built village and civil parish in the Kettering borough of Northamptonshire, England.

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Member of the European Parliament

A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Mercia

Mercia (Miercna rīce) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

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Mesolithic

In Old World archaeology, Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos "middle"; λίθος, lithos "stone") is the period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Michael Wood (historian)

Michael David Wood (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster.

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Midland Main Line

The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Sheffield in the north of England.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Midland Revolt

The Midland Revolt was a popular uprising which took place in the Midlands of England in 1607.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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National League North

The National League North, formerly Conference North (named the Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons), is a division of the National League in England, taking its place immediately below the top division National League.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Northamptonshire County Council

Northamptonshire County Council is the county council that currently governs the non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire in England.

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Nottingham station

Nottingham station, briefly known as Nottingham City and for rather longer as Nottingham Midland, is a railway station and tram stop in the city of Nottingham.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Oundle

Oundle is a town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 5,735 at the 2011 census.

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles;, or) was the principal residence of the Kings of France from Louis XIV in 1682 until the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789.

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Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers c. 95% of human technological prehistory.

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Paul Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.

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Paulerspury

Paulerspury is a civil parish and small village in Northamptonshire, England, within the district of South Northamptonshire.

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Peasant

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or farmer, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees or services to a landlord.

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Peep Show (TV series)

Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

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Pegasus Software

Pegasus Software is based in Kettering, England and develops accounting and financial management, supply chain, business intelligence, payroll, crm, construction and service management software applications for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Penda of Mercia

Penda (died 15 November 655)Manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle gives the year as 655.

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Perpendicular

In elementary geometry, the property of being perpendicular (perpendicularity) is the relationship between two lines which meet at a right angle (90 degrees).

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Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 183,631 in 2011.

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Phil Sawford

Philip Andrew Sawford (born 26 June 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering from 1997 to 2005.

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Philip Hollobone

Philip Thomas Hollobone (born 7 November 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician who is both a Member of Parliament for the Kettering constituency (since the 2005 general election) and a member of Kettering Borough Council for the Piper's Hill ward (since 3 May 2007).

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Prehistory

Human prehistory is the period between the use of the first stone tools 3.3 million years ago by hominins and the invention of writing systems.

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Pytchley

Pytchley is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, three miles south-west of Kettering and near the A14 road.

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RAF Grafton Underwood

Royal Air Force Grafton Underwood or more simply RAF Grafton Underwood is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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RCI (company)

RCI (formerly Group RCI and, before that, Resort Condominiums International) is a timeshare exchange company with over 4,300 affiliated resorts in 110 countries.

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River Ise

The River Ise is a river in Northamptonshire, England and a tributary of the River Nene.

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River Nene

The River Nene (or: see below) is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in Northamptonshire.

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Rockingham Castle

Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest a mile to the north from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain (Britannia or, later, Britanniae, "the Britains") was the area of the island of Great Britain that was governed by the Roman Empire, from 43 to 410 AD.

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Rothwell, Northamptonshire

Rothwell is a market town in the Kettering district of Northamptonshire, England.

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Rouen

Rouen (Frankish: Rodomo; Rotomagus, Rothomagus) is a city on the River Seine in the north of France.

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Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.

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Rushden

Redirects from Rushden Lakes (Retail Park) see section 5 (below) Rushden is a town and civil parish located in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

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Rushton Triangular Lodge

The Triangular Lodge is a folly, designed and constructed between 1593 and 1597 by Sir Thomas Tresham near Rushton, Northamptonshire, England.

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Saxons

The Saxons (Saxones, Sachsen, Seaxe, Sahson, Sassen, Saksen) were a Germanic people whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of what is now Germany.

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Sheffield station

Sheffield station, formerly Pond Street and later Sheffield Midland, is a combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield, England, and the busiest station in South Yorkshire.

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Shoemaking

Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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South Midlands

The South Midlands is a notional area of England, (as distinct from the formally designated Regions of England).

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Southfield School, Kettering

Southfield School (formerly known as Southfield School for Girls) is a girls' secondary school and coeducational sixth form with academy status, located in Kettering in the English county of Northamptonshire.

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St Pancras railway station

St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and officially since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus located on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.

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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering

St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Kettering is a Church of England parish church in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

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Stagecoach Midlands

Stagecoach Midlands is the name for most bus routes in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.

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Sywell Aerodrome

Sywell Aerodrome is the local aerodrome serving the town of Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden, as well as wider Northamptonshire.

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Tertiary sector of the economy

The tertiary sector or service sector is the third of the three economic sectors of the three-sector theory.

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The Morning Chronicle

The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862, when its publication was suspended, with two subsequent attempts at continued publication.

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Thomas Tresham (died 1605)

Sir Thomas Tresham (1543 – 11 September 1605) was a prominent recusant Catholic landowner in Elizabethan Northamptonshire.

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Thrapston

Thrapston is a small town in Northamptonshire, England.

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Timsons

Timsons Ltd is a family-owned company which manufactures bespoke book and flexible packaging printing presses.

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Tory

A Tory is a person who holds a political philosophy, known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved throughout history.

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Tresham baronets

The Tresham Baronetcy, of Rushton in the County of Northamptonsire, was a title in the Baronetage of England.

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Tresham College of Further and Higher Education

Tresham College of Further and Higher Education (formerly Tresham Institute of Further and Higher Education) is a further education college in the East Midlands of England.

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Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from Greek τριάς and τριάδα, from "threefold") holds that God is one but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine Persons".

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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United Kingdom general election, 2005

The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the House of Commons.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Volleyball England

Volleyball England, is the trading name for the English Volleyball Association Limited, and is the controlling body for volleyball in England.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Watling Street

Watling Street is a route in England and Wales that began as an ancient trackway first used by the Britons, mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and using a natural ford near Westminster.

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Weald

The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

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Weekley

Weekley is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire.

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Weetabix

Weetabix is a whole grain wheat breakfast cereal produced by Weetabix Limited in the United Kingdom.

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Weldon, Northamptonshire

Weldon is a suburban village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Corby, Northamptonshire, two miles away from the town centre.

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Wellingborough

Wellingborough is a large market town in the Wellingborough district in the county of Northamptonshire, England, situated about from the county town of Northampton.

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Wellingborough railway station

Wellingborough railway station is a Grade II listed station located in the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England.

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Wessex

Wessex (Westseaxna rīce, the "kingdom of the West Saxons") was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Wicksteed Park

Wicksteed Park is an amusement park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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William Carey (missionary)

William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was a British Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India.

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William Knibb

William Knibb, OM (7 September 1803 – 15 November 1845) was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering

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