Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) and St Peter’s Northampton
Maybe the name is familiar, perhaps it’s not, it should be! He designed the Midland Hotel at St Pancras Station.
Northampton
Lost churches: All Saints, Northampton
Of course All Saints, Northampton is not ‘lost’, it is there in plain sight and for 300 years has been an iconic feature of the… Read More »Lost churches: All Saints, Northampton
Northampton’s forgotten railway
Most railway enthusiasts in Northampton will be well aware that the first railway station in Northampton was on the Blisworth to Peterborough extension of the… Read More »Northampton’s forgotten railway
Philip Doddridge and Smallpox
Philip Doddridge is in danger of being forgotten by the current residents of Northampton, but in the 18th century he was at the forefront of… Read More »Philip Doddridge and Smallpox
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
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
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