Wellingborough

Wellingborough, town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated east of Northampton along the River Nene. Wellingborough grew as a market town in the Middle Ages. After a fire in 1738, it was rebuilt on its present hill site. Wellingborough School, founded in 1595, was endowed with revenues from a suppressed medieval guild. Wellingborough’s industries include the manufacture of leather goods, flour milling, brewing, and a variety of other...