Place:Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

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Oundle is a market town on the left bank of the River Nene in the East Northamptonshire District, of Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 5,735 at the time of the 2011 UK census. It is 69 miles (111 kilometres) north of London and 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Peterborough.

Oundle was an urban district from 1894 until 1974. Since 1974 it has been part of the East Northamptonshire District.

The town's most notable school is Oundle School, founded in 1556, a co-educational boarding independent school with around a thousand pupils, most of whom are boarders.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Oundle from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:

"Oundle, market town, [parish], and township with ry. sta., Northamptonshire, on river Nene, 13½ miles SW. of Peterborough and 98 miles from London - parish: 5300 acres, population: 3073; township, population 2953; town: population 2890; [Post Office, Telegraph Office], 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. The name is a corruption of Avondale. In the vicinity are several mineral springs impregnated with iron; one of these sends forth a singular noise, which gives it the name of the "Drumming Well." Quantities of lace are made by the inhabitants."

The East Northamptonshire District was merged with the Corby District, the Kettering District, and the Wellingborough District to become the North Northamptonshire District in April 2021. The new District was one of two unitary authorities replacing the County of Northamptonshire, the other being named the South Northamptonshire District.

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