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{{Short description|Market town in Northamptonshire, England}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Towcester |static_image_name= Towcester Church and Town Hall.jpg |static_image_caption= St Lawrence's Church and<br> [[Towcester Town Hall]] |coordinates= {{coord|52.13|-0.99|display=inline,title|type:city_dim:4000_region:GB}} |population= 11,542 |population_ref= (2021 Census)<ref name="bua2011">{{cite web |title=Towcester |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/west_northamptonshire/E04012827__towcester/ |website=City population |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> |os_grid_reference= SP691481 |london_distance= {{convert|57|mi|0}} [[Points of the compass|SE]]<ref name="DistCalc" /> |civil_parish= Towcester |unitary_england= [[West Northamptonshire]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Northamptonshire]] |region= East Midlands |country= England |post_town= TOWCESTER |postcode_area= NN |postcode_district= NN12 |dial_code= 01327 |constituency_westminster= [[South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Northamptonshire]] }} <!-----------Images-------------> [[File:Towcester church.jpg|thumb|St Lawrence's Church, Towcester]] [[File:Watling Street Towcester 2008 05 18.jpg|thumb|Watling Street, looking north]] [[File:Chantry House Towcester 2008 05 18.jpg|thumb|Chantry House, Watling Street]] <!------------------------------> '''Towcester''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ou|s|t|ər}} {{respell|TOH|stər}}) is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Northamptonshire]] unitary authority area of [[Northamptonshire]], England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the [[South Northamptonshire]] district. Towcester is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country. It was the [[Roman Britain|Roman town]] of [[Lactodurum]], located on [[Watling Street]], today’s A5. In Saxon times, this was the frontier between the [[kingdom of Wessex]] and the [[Danelaw]]. Towcester features in [[Charles Dickens]]'s novel ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'' as one of Mr Pickwick's stopping places on his tour. [[Towcester Racecourse|The local racecourse]] has hosted many national horseracing events.
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