For more than twenty years, Ned Weeks preached to packed halls of working men and women, shaping a chapter of Northampton’s religious life that would… Read More »The mission that began in a Circus: Ned Weeks and Abington Square
On a dark Wednesday night in September 1769, the quiet road between Northampton and Kingsthorpe became the scene of a shocking act of violence that… Read More »Ambush at Wallbank
Three generations of the Craddock family of Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire. (c1680-1770)
In the 1920s, increased opportunities for leisure were an important part of life for the working classes.
In the early 20th century, the increasing demands for a skilled workforce required investment in education, both formal iinformal, in Northampton.
In 1924, the boot and shoe industry dominated Northampton’s workforce. The Boot and Shoe Operatives Trade Union had 13,104 members; officials estimated that only 5%… Read More »Work, Housing and Health: Northampton Behind the Numbers
Over 75 years, Northampton’s expansion was steady and undramatic. Outlying villages had become suburbs; only Dallington still remained for future absorption.
Two studies of Northampton in 1913 and 1924 give us a detailed view of working-class life and economic conditions in on the eve of World… Read More »Researching inequality – Northampton and the Welfare State
The life and family of Walter G Bartle, Northampton watchmaker (1848-1910).
From time to time, selected surplus books will be offered for sale here. They will mostly be rlated to Northamptonshire and church history. To make… Read More »Book Sale