NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
Cliffe, e 
of Duddington, Apethorpe, Newton 
well, 
but "the woods an 
which are chiefly fubje& to the haunt and feed of deer. 
‘or further particulars relating to the forefts, purlieu-woods, 
chafes, &c. of this county, with fome judicious ftriGures 
on their general injurious s fyftem of management, the reader 
is referred to Pitt’s General View of the Agriculture of 
Northamptonthire, 8vo. 
‘anals, &c.—The firlt artificial canal that was made to 
Braunfton it joins the Grand Junétion Canal, which croffes 
the weftern fide of this county. This Mi ee cut was 
planned for the purpofe of opening a wa mmunication 
between the river Thames and the al caleaid canals of 
the aoa See CANAL. 
Rivers.—Northamptonfhire may juftly boaft, and we be- 
lieve eccuiecly, that in the important article of water it is 
entirely and completely independent: for of the fix rivers, 
which flow through or interfe&t it, every one originates 
within its boundaries; and not a fingle brook, however in- 
nificant, runs into it from any other diftri& ; whilft there 
is not a county bordering upon it, that is not in fome degree 
fupplied from - various - nd ample aquatic ftores 
T en, or Nyne, though, in point of sntcihe cele- 
bri rity, lias the sac to the Oufe and Avon, yet con 
sangre longeft in, and being moft beneficial to, the dounty, 
s the faireft claim to priority of notice. It has ‘two 
Chapel-well, in Nafeby ; 3 the can at Hart- 
aa at Nor 
ee achly fertile 
ugh — to 
urces: one at 
fe cond i an 
» whence having cc aa t ce of four 
miles,freaches the fkirts of the county, which adopts its 
Vv wanderings as the line of boundary durin 
lengthened courfe of nearly au _ y Harborough, 
ee am, and Stam a w it becomes navigable, 
r Brackley, and fpeedily 
entering ri i aa revifits its parent county near 
Ole Stra 
e re sate or Leffler Avon, commences its courfe at 
Avon-well, near oe and flows in a wefterly dire€tion 
into Nie ihe thire 
The Charwell derives its name from a {mall {pring called 
€harwell, near Charwelton. 
Roads, Bridges, &c.—There are four great mail roads 
thro ough this eounty, which are wide, level,.and good; a 
few of the collateral turnpike roads are alfo kept it a good 
ftate ; but the crofs roads are fhamefully negleGed. They 
are generally v very narrow, andthe farmers are either carelefs 
of performing the ftatute duty, or wholly negie& them. 
Each tenant who occupies a farm of sol. is bound to give 
fix days’ labour with a cart aud two menevery year; but if 
the farmer ke Lida ¢ in this duty, it appears that thofe ems 
terfere are equally negligent, and the publi¢ 
traveller is thereby fubjeéted to much inconvenience, and 
even to dan 
Manufaéures. iNet thamptonfhire is not a manufacturing 
county 3 but ftil cal of its inhabitants are employed in, 
and derive a apy ood from, oo t fpecies of handicraft 
nefs. e ing o s, lace, woollen ftuffs, and 
seni are «the chief sbeee of manufa&ture, and par- 
sully the 
t dren, Sepulchral Monuments, &c.— Peter 
ee cat its contiguous buildings, dipay 
ome fine eae of the early Norman architeCture. 
churches of Caxton, Barnack, Earls’-Barton, St. ee . 
of thefe churches are ancient pifcinas, fonts, ftone ftalls, &c. 
At Fotheringhay is a f{pacious, erie ee collegiate church, 
with a lofty tower; and at Oundle, Luffwick, Kettering, 
Higham-Ferrers, Wellingborough, and Finedon, the churches 
are large and elega The croffes at Geddington, and 
near Northampton, are  interefting examples of the architec- 
ture and (ele ae of Edward J.’s reign. Of ancient man- 
fions, the following are remarkable for their extent, and for 
their fyles of architeture: Burleigh, Kirby, Caftle-Afhby, 
Fawfley, Rufhton, and Drayton. In Warkton church are 
threellarge marble monuments with ftatues, &c. to the Mon- 
tague family ; and in Weekly church are altar tombs, with 
effigies to the fame family. At Brington are feveral coftly 
tombs in memo the Snencers of Althor e. The 
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Danvers, ay fec condly to fir E 
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n-Nefton is rendered memorable by feveral fepulchral 
The p 
different families of Stafford, Vere, Mor 
t contains alfo fome fine {pecimens of ftained g 
Caftle-Afhby church are fome sa an affes, ané an ancient 
tomb with an effigy of a knight ar 
The church of Eafton Mandi etaine three or fou 
abs, brafles, and finely fculprured mouuments to different 
perfons of the Knighty family... In Stean church a branch 
of the Crewe family of Chere wae formerly interred, ve 
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