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
Northampton
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
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
Duston and St James tramways
The landscape of St James and Duston has changed unrecognisably in the last 100 years.
Kingsthorpe Road, Congregational Chapel
Hidden in plain sight! Primrose Hill Congregational Chapel was built 1901-3, but it was not the first home of the meeting on the Kingsthorpe Road.… Read More »Kingsthorpe Road, Congregational Chapel