Northampton St John Street Station
St John Street Station opened in 1871 on the site of the former monastic hospital of St John. It was the northern terminus of the… Read More »Northampton St John Street Station
1676 Compton Census in Northamptonshire
The ‘1676 Compton Census’ was the first comprehensive survey of the numerical strength of Catholic and Protestant Nonconformity in England that can be used on… Read More »1676 Compton Census in Northamptonshire
John Newton’s Diary: 1766
As my research interests are nonconformists in Northamptonshire the pages of Rev John Newton’s diary might not seem the likely place for relevant source material.… Read More »John Newton’s Diary: 1766
William Waite Hadley and St Peter, Northampton
From Nonconformist to editor of The Sunday Times William Hadley had a long association with Northampton as a journalist and ultimately the editor of the… Read More »William Waite Hadley and St Peter, Northampton
Northampton’s Architects: Hugh Henry Dyer
Much of Northampton’s building heritage that remains today is a credit to a succession of Victorian architects who were commissioned to erect new public, private… Read More »Northampton’s Architects: Hugh Henry Dyer
Lost Churches : St Edmund
This church is first mentioned by name in the late 12th century (Mon Angl V, 191). It had incumbents until 1535 (Valor Ecclesiasticus, 316). The… Read More »Lost Churches : St Edmund
West Bridge and Northampton’s Castle
As has been mentioned previously John Taylor was a keen historian, publisher and proprietor of the Dryden Press in Northampton until he died in 1901.… Read More »West Bridge and Northampton’s Castle
Our Heritage: “the price of everything and the value of nothing”?
Northampton is justly proud of its Guildhall. The original part of the building which is now the central section of the street facade was the design of Edward William Godwin
Corncrakes along the Barrack Road, Northampton
Just beyond the last house in Leicester Terrace there was a gate opening into a field, where the corncrake might be heard on a summer’s evening.
Lost Churches: St Andrew, Northampton
St Andrew Northampton was built in 1841 from public subscription. Its parish was a densely populated area that was originally part of the historic parish… Read More »Lost Churches: St Andrew, Northampton