Local pottery rarely attained the standards of the Gaulish industries although the Castor ware of the Nene Valley was able to withstand comparison with the imports.

Having passed among the gentle hills of Northamptonshire the river enters the rural part of the City of Peterborough, passing the Nene Valley Railway and through the Nene Valley Country Park.

The Nene Valley Drainage and Improvement Act was obtained in 1852, to allow this work to be completed.

The town centre of Northampton lies on the northern slope of the Nene Valley and escapes the river's flooding.

One of the Post Office carriages involved is preserved at the Nene Valley Railway at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and is being restored.

* Sections of the former L & NWR are preserved as the Battlefield Line Railway, Nene Valley Railway and Northampton & Lamport Railway, the latter giving the name Premier Line to its quarterly journal.

Stanwick Lakes are within walking or cycling distance of Raunds, and river ways connect to the Nene Valley river section.

The Nene Valley river section connects to the Middle Level Navigation System, making it possible to reach Cambridge and Peterborough.

The original factory is at Barnwell Road in Oundle and the newer at the Nene Valley site.

This will form part of the Upper Nene Valley Special Protection Area.

This development lies adjacent to the Country Park known as Ferry Meadows and the Nene Valley Railway There is a primary school called Orton Wistow Primary School.

Its first base was the Nene Valley Railway.

The Nene Valley Railway ( NVR ) is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction.

The Nene Valley Railway considers its Thomas to be the ' official ' Thomas The Tank Engine, because it was named by Thomas ' creator, the Rev.

However the Nene Valley Railway does not host official ' Day out with Thomas ' events as many railways do.

The Nene Valley Railway runs Thomas at various special events, weekends and bank holidays.

Later that year, the PLS held a meeting at which the group's name was changed to ' Peterborough Railway Society ' and the idea of the Nene Valley Railway was formally launched.

Swedish ' B ' Class No. 101 hauling the Santa special on the Nene Valley Railway

An attempt was made to extend the Nene Valley Railway to both Elton railway station and Oundle back in the 1990s which was abandoned for financial reasons.

** 44422 – Churnet Valley Railway, but on loan to the Nene Valley Railway

** 73050 – Nene Valley Railway

0-6-0ST Hunslet Austerity steam locomotive ( works number 3844 ), built 1956 Currently on loan to Nene Valley Railway

Ex-London Transport Sentinel shunter DL83 at the Nene Valley Railway

DL83 on the Nene Valley Railway.

A project to build a steam-powered replica of a GER Class G15 Wisbech and Upwell tram based on a Belgian Cockerill 0-4-0 tram engine has been underway for some time at the Nene Valley Railway.

She is married to Dr Shriram Madhav Nene, with whom she has two children.

This arm has seventeen narrow locks as it descends to join the navigable River Nene ( see below ).

The Paden Indian Community has won the Creek Nations " Nene Hvkoce " walking program the last two years and will be receiving a walking trail for the community.

The spelling was " Nenn " ( as seen in Cole-Roper's 1810 engraving ) or " Nyn " until the beginning of the 20th century, and the point at which the pronunciation changes has been moving further inland for many years ; the current edition of the Imray " Map Of The River Nene " suggests that the cut-off point is Thrapston.

Since 1999, there has been talk ( s ) of the ' crescent link ' project promoted by ' Railworld ' - a scheme to allow the NVR to run trains through the westernmost end of the Nene Park, across the river Nene into the Peterborough mainline station to connect directly with East Coast, National Express East Anglia, East Midland Trains, Arriva Cross Country and First Capital Connect services.

Since the mid-1970s, a Welsh-language community newspaper featuring local news and other features, Nene, has been produced in the village.

The preserved Nene Valley Railway has a station at Yarwell Junction.

Its parish church has the nickname " the Cathedral of the Nene ".

Likewise, Sykes has invented names for an additional 29 " clan mothers " worldwide, each corresponding to a different haplogroup identified by geneticists: " Fufei, Ina, Aiyana / Ai, Yumi, Nene, Naomi, Una, Uta, Ulrike, Uma, Ulla, Ulaana, Lara, Lamia, Lalamika, Latasha, Malaxshmi, Emiko, Gaia, Chochmingwu / Chie, Djigonasee / Sachi, Makeda, Lingaire, Lubaya, Limber, Lila, Lungile, Latifa and Layla.

The Nene Valley Railway reopened the section of line through Castor in 1977, but has not reopened a station at Castor.

Thomas à Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, used the mill as a hiding place after escaping from Northampton Castle in 1164 and fleeing down the Nene to be sheltered by the miller before fleeing to France.

Maihi Paraone Kawiti, as a signal to Governor Thomas Gore Browne, that he did not follow his father ’ s path, arranged for the fifth flagpole to be erected at Kororareka ; this occurred in January 1858 with the flag being named Whakakotahitanga, “ being at one with the Queen .” As a further symbolic act the 400 Ngāpuhi warriors involved in preparing and erecting the flagpole were selected from the ‘ rebel ’ forces of Kawiti and Heke – that is, Ngāpuhi from the hapu of Tāmati Wāka Nene ( who had fought as allies of the British forces during the Flagstaff War ), observed, but did not participate in the erection of the fifth flagpole.

* Nene Thomas ( 1 )-Popular award-winning fantasy artist

Honored guests included writers Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, artist Nene Tina Thomas, fan Jan Price, and toastmaster Kent Brewster.

As the party weakens Nene, it is revealed that Zola was working for Nene all along, and she was the voice that told the others to swallow the spheres.

A footpath follows the boundary to where it crosses the B1040 at Nene Terrace, following the west side of the B1040 for where it meets the ( Peterborough ) parish of Newborough.

In the mid-16th century, when large-scale drainage and coastal reclamation works led by Dutch engineers began in and around the Wash, documents began to refer to " Waashe " or " Wysche ", but only for the tidal parts of the Rivers Welland and Nene.

Three of these streams supply water for reservoirs at Pitsford, Hollowell and Ravensthorpe, north of Northampton, before joining the Brampton Nene.

Nene and his men provided guards for the flagstaff, but the next morning the flagstaff was felled for the third time.

It was several days before the entire expedition was gathered at the Waimate Mission by which time Despard was apoplectic, so much so that when Tāmati Wāka Nene arrived with 250 men, Despard said that if he had wanted the assistance of savages he would have asked for it.

Tāmati Wāka Nene persuaded Despard to wait for a few more days.

Tāmati Wāka Nene persuaded Despard to wait for a few more days.

A memorial for Tāmati Wāka Nene, in front of Christ Church, Russell, New Zealand | Russell ( Māori-language side ).

At the negotiations leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi Ngapuhi chief Te Wharerahi disagreed with his brothers Rewa and Moka ' Kainga-mataa ' and spoke for peace and the acceptance of the European, and was duly supported by Nene and Patuone.

A memorial for Tāmati Wāka Nene, in front of Christ Church, Russell ( English-language side ).

However Nene was still prepared to negotiate and to hope for the best and gave Governor Robert FitzRoy promises to keep the peace on behalf of his fellow chiefs.

So when Hone Heke cut down the flag pole for the fourth time, Nene was mightily offended, feeling that his mana had been trampled on and Nene was already at war with Heke when the British troops began to arrive on the scene.

Then when he returned for his second term of governorship in 1860 he brought Nene a silver cup from Queen Victoria.

After the battle of Ruapekapeka Kawiti and Heke were persuaded to end the rebellion by Tāmati Wāka Nene, who in turn insisted that the British accept the terms of Kawiti and Heke that they were to be unconditionally pardoned for their rebellion.

Through Priss, Linna makes contact with Sylia Stingray, founder and leader of the Knight Sabers and Nene Romanova, another Knight Saber, who works as a despatcher for the AD Police, explaining how the Knight Sabers are always aware of rogue boomer events, and becomes a Knight Saber herself.

Until the 1980s, histories of the Northern War tend to ignore the poorly documented Battle of Te Ahuahu yet it was the most significant fight of the entire war as it is the only engagement that can be described as a clear victory-not for the British forces-but for Tāmati Wāka Nene and his warriors.

Nene went to Auckland to tell the governor that peace had been won ; with Nene insisting that the British accept the terms of Kawiti and Heke that they were to be unconditionally pardoned for their rebellion.

More recently the River Nene floodplains located between the town and its neighbour, Higham Ferrers, have been quarried for gravel.