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1675 – Great Fire of Northampton, England. The blaze was caused by sparks from an open fire in St. Mary's Street near Northampton castle. In 6 hours it devastated the town centre, destroying about 600 buildings (three-quarters of the town) including All Saints church. 11 people died and about 700 families were made homeless.
Simon de Senlis' church of All Hallows, Northampton, England, lasted with medieval alterations until 20 September 1675 when much of the old town was destroyed by the Great Fire of Northampton. The fire began in St Mary's Street, near the castle, and the inhabitants fled to the Market Square, but then were forced to evacuate, leaving the ...
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1610 map of Northampton, before the fire. The Great Fire of Northampton occurred on the 20th of September 1675 in Northampton in Northamptonshire, England. The blaze was caused by sparks from an open fire on St. Mary's Street, near Northampton Castle. The fire devastated the town centre, destroying about 700 of the town's 850 buildings ...
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service was founded in 1974 when the former Northamptonshire Fire Brigade and Northampton Borough Fire Brigade (both formed in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947) merged. In April 2021, Moulton Logistics Centre closed down, leaving Moulton Fire Station and the service's workshops behind.
Northampton (/ n ɔːr ˈ θ æ m p t ə n / ⓘ nor-THAMP-tən) is a town and civil parish [2] in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area [3] of Northamptonshire, England.It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire.
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The city of Northampton / n ɔːr θ ˈ h æ m p t ə n / [6] is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. [7] As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 29,571. [8] Northampton is known as an academic, artistic, musical, and countercultural hub.