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The Harmsworth Encyclopaedia 1930s / 1940s - Social history. Vintage map of Northamptonshire 1900s. Northamptonshire, archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015 it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by Northamptonshire County Council and by seven non-metropolitan district councils. It is known as `The Rose of the Shires`.