a village of England, county of Northampton, and situated at the sources of the Nene and Avon, 3 miles E.S.E. of Welford. It stands on the watershed between the German and Atlantic Oceans, to the former of which flows the Nene, to the latter the Avon. It is chiefly remarkable as the scene of a decisive battle, fought in 1645, when the army of Charles I. was defeated by Cromwell and Fairfax. Pop. 898.