Naseby, Northamptonshire

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Naseby is a village in Northamptonshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Naseby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Naseby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Naseby, par. and vil., Northamptonshire, 7 miles SW. of Market Harborough, 3690 ac., pop. 610; P.O. The vil. was formerly a market town. At Naseby Field, which is on the N. side of the vil., was fought, on the 14th June 1645, the great battle in which Cromwell defeated Charles I. and Prince Rupert. A memorial pillar has been erected upon the battlefield. Naseby Lodge is 2 miles NE. of vil.

Naseby in the Domesday Book

A village in Guilsborough hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

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