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Althorp, Northamptonshire
Althorp maps
Historic maps of Althorp and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Althorp maps
Historic map of Althorp
Illustrated Victorian map of Northamptonshire
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Althorp books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Althorp and the local area. View all Althorp books
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northamptonshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Corby Living Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Althorp photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Althorp
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Northamptonshire memories
The Morris car depicted in the photograph was overhauled and bodied by my late father, Arthur Parker, in 1951-2. He had removed the body from a c1937 Morris 8 van, overhauled the mechanics and the chassis, and built from scratch a new shooting brake style body. As a 7-year old I was thrilled to be able to help with... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
Hi, name Theobald, we - mother Ivy, 3 kids (Mavis, Fred, Ivy) lived in North Bank House in 1939, we were evacuated from London with Aunt Ada Smith, Uncle Vic and Aunt May. We went to the village school, went back to London in 1949 or 1948. We had a big goat called Mary, she butted all who came to the... [more]
Shared on 29 July 2009
Sandhills/Middle Turn (commonly known)
To the left of this picture was a cul-de-sac called Sandhills. My Aunty Grace and uncle and family lived here, so did my mother Margaret Anderson at some stage and later various cousins. Down the bottom to the right was the original local shop (known Gammidges? when my Mother was small) owned by Greenwood for many years later (and when I... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2007
I was born in 1953 in Northampton. Later my family moved and settled in Essex but my childhood was spent in Spratton with my Nana Anderson. She worked at Mr Tattersall's as a housekeeper and during the holidays I would go down with her. Tattersall's house was situated a little further down from Saul's butchers which is seen here on the... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2007
Extracts From Althorp & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Althorp, inspired by Frith photos.
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Althorp dates back to the 16th century. At that time John Spencer, a Warwickshire sheep farmer, acquired the estate and created a park of some 300 acres here. Building work began in 1573, in the reign of Elizabeth I, and the house has been the home of the Spencer family ever since.
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Photographic Memories.
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Northampton Town and City Memories
The buildings on the left, the west side of the Market Place, mostly survive today, apart from the two at the far left. Unlike a French market square, the south and west side of Northampton's market place in particular have a delightful informality and physical variety, with no building the same as its neighbour.
This is an extract from Northampton Town and City Memories.
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Northampton Town and City Memories
10th-century Anglo-Saxon church tower at Earls Barton. The place also had a Norman earthwork castle, a motte and bailey type; in later years it was a boot and shoe making town, one of several that thrived around Northampton.
This is an extract from Northampton Town and City Memories.
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