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| | Northamptonshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Northamptonshire is contained in the diocese of Peterborough, and province of Canterbury, excepting the parishes of Gretton and Nassington, which are in the diocese of Lincoln, and that of King's Sutton, which is a peculiar belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, in the diocese of Peterborough. |
 | | Northamptonshire is included in the Midland circuit: the assizes are held at Northampton, where is the county gaol: the quarter sessions are held at Northampton on January 14th, April 22d, July 15th, and October 21st; and at Peterborough on January 13th, April 21st, July 14th, and October 20th. |
 | | In sepulchral monuments of marble, brass, andc., Northamptonshire is considered to be richer than any part of the kingdom, of equal or smaller extent, Middlesex alone excepted; which circumstance seems to be in some degree accounted for by the number of noble families that have been settled here from an early period. |
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