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Also known as Yrtlingaburg, Erdiburn, Artleknock, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

Irthlingborough () is a town on the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England. As of 2021, it has a population of 9,325, and was at one point the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C. The parish church, St Peter, has a lantern tower, unusual for Northamptonshire churches, which was built to guide travellers across the Nene valley in foggy weather. It also has doors at the four cardinal points and has eight misericords in the chancel.

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UK place.official_name
Irthlingborough
UK place.static_image_name
Church of St Peter, Irthlingborough - geograph.org.uk - 120204.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St Peter's Church, Irthlingborough
UK place.population
9,325
UK place.population_ref
(2021)
UK place.os_grid_reference
SP945705
UK place.civil_parish
Irthlingborough
UK place.unitary_england
North Northamptonshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Northamptonshire
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.country
England
UK place.post_town
WELLINGBOROUGH
UK place.postcode_area
NN
UK place.postcode_district
NN9
UK place.dial_code
01933
UK place.constituency_westminster
Wellingborough and Rushden
UK place.website
Irthlingborough Town Council

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Population
8535
Image
Church of St Peter, Irthlingborough - geograph.org.uk - 120204.jpg
Dialing code
01933
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Commons category
Irthlingborough
OS grid reference
SP945705
postal code
NN9
P8168
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Irthlingborough () is a town on the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England. As of 2021, it has a population of 9,325, and was at one point the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C. The parish church, St Peter, has a lantern tower, unusual for Northamptonshire churches, which was built to guide travellers across the Nene valley in foggy weather. It also has doors at the four cardinal points and has eight misericords in the chancel.

Irthlingborough railway station, opened in 1845 and closed to passengers in 1964.

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