The Hesilrige Survey of 1743
The area around St Peter’s church was surveyed in 1743 along with the remains of the castle site. A helpful article appeared in the Journal… Read More »The Hesilrige Survey of 1743
Graham Ward
Lost Villages in Northamptonshire
The Deserted Medieval Villages Another are another “lost” landscape feature of Northamptonshire. These were extensively researched between 1958 and 1965 and comprehensive details appeared in… Read More »Lost Villages in Northamptonshire
Streams, Springs, Wells and Mills of Northampton
An earlier post about the Civil War, 1643: Skirmishes in Kingsthorpe Hollow drew attention to a stream in Kingsthorpe Hollow that is now largely forgotten… Read More »Streams, Springs, Wells and Mills of Northampton
Roadblocks and Checkpoints
During World War 2 you could not travel far in and around the town of Northampton and not be aware that the country was in… Read More »Roadblocks and Checkpoints
Northampton Racecourse
The “Northamptonshire Nonconformist” was the successor publication to the similarly titled “Northampton Nonconformist”. The two publications together ran from 1889 until 1910.1 The publication appeared… Read More »Northampton Racecourse
Deed Mapping
Deeds are often an overlooked resource by family historians. Written in what might seem impenetrable legal language to the researcher and using terms that are… Read More »Deed Mapping
1643: Skirmishes in Kingsthorpe Hollow
An “incident” in the early stages of the English Civil War. There is a small stream that lies beneath the road in Kingsthorpe Hollow. It… Read More »1643: Skirmishes in Kingsthorpe Hollow
Northampton’s lost squares
Squares through time Over the years Northampton has lost a number of its squares, some completely and remembered only in street name, others have shrunk… Read More »Northampton’s lost squares
St Gabriel’s, St Michael’s Road, Northampton
A “lost church” hidden in plain sight In some streets in London today there are so many coffee shops of one particular chain that you… Read More »St Gabriel’s, St Michael’s Road, Northampton
King’s Park of Northampton
Of the hundreds of people who work in the Moulton Park area of Northampton, few are probably aware that the ground on which they walk was formerly known as King’s Park and was indeed one of the King’s hunting parks.