| − | '''Northamptonshire''' is a centrally located county of [[England]]. Famous for its Shire horses, shoe manufacturing, beer, many ancient churches and numerous landed gentry, the county's nickname is "[[Rose]] of the Shires". Its traditional symbol is a red rose with a white rose at its centre - a symbol of the Lancastrian/Tudor wars ("The War of the Roses"). | + | '''Northamptonshire''' is a centrally located county of [[England]], bounded by the counties of [[Leicesterhsire]], [[Lincolnshire]] (to the North and North East, respectively), [[Warwickshire]] (to the West), [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Bedfordshire]] (to the East and South East, respectively) , [[Oxfordshire]] and Buckinghamshire (to the South West and South, respecitvely). Famous for its large black Shire horses, shoe manufacturing, beer, many ancient churches and numerous stately homes of the landed gentry, the county's nickname is "[[Rose]] of the Shires". It is also known as the "County of Spires and Sqires", due to the numerous parish churches that have spires in the county due to the high level of landed gentry living in the county. Its traditional symbol is a red rose with a white rose at its centre - a symbol of the Lancastrian/Tudor wars ("The War of the Roses"). |