Wellingborough is a large market and commuter town in the unitary authority area of North Northamptonshire in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, 65 miles from London and 11 miles from Northampton on the north side of the River Nene.
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Medieval town of Wellingborough housed a modest monastic grange – now the Jacobean Croyland Abbey – which was an offshoot of the monastery of Crowland Abbey, near Peterborough, some 30 miles down-river.
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The manor of Wellingborough belonged to Crowland Abbey Lincolnshire, from Saxon times and the monks probably built the original church.
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Wellingborough was bombed during World War II, on Monday 3 August 1942.
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Wellingborough is part of the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire.
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Concurrent with these changes, the unparished area of Wellingborough was established as a civil parish and gained a new Town Council, eliminating the need for charter trustees.
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Wellingborough is part of the Wellingborough Constituency which includes the town, surrounding villages and other urban areas.
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Wellingborough is currently represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP Peter Bone.
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Wellingborough's population expanded rapidly from the 1960s and 1970s as agreements were signed between the Urban District Council and London County Council and the Greater London Council for the town to re-house over-spill population from London.
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Wellingborough is home to three medium-sized public housing estates: Hemmingwell, Queensway and Kingsway.
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Wellingborough has approximately 2,500 registered businesses within its boundaries.
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Wellingborough has a public library in the corner of the market square.
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Wellingborough Phoenix is one of the United Kingdom's largest basketball clubs; the men's first team currently play in EBL Division 3 and the women play in EBL Division 2.
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Wellingborough Prison was located just outside the town, but closed in 2012.
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Railway station is a Grade II Listed building, and among the many unusual and other listed buildings in Wellingborough is the 600-year-old Grade I listed steeple that forms part of All Hallows Church.
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