Kingsthorpe was once a Northamptonshire country village. It is now a suburb on the northern part of the county town of Northampton, England. It became part of the borough of Northampton in 1900. The population of the Northampton ward at the 2011 census was 4,477. A tributary of the River Nene known as the Naseby Source or Brampton Nene flows through the area to the west from north to south, joining the main river west of the Carslberg Brewery near the south bridge. The suburb's facilities are centred on the main A508 and A5199 roads between Northampton town centre and leading to Market Harborough and Leicester respectively. The original village green still maintains a rural character, away from the major roads, overlooked by the church and picturesque vernacular cottages. Kingsthorpe origi