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Crowfield, Northamptonshire

Crowfield maps

Historic maps of Crowfield and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Crowfield maps

Crowfield map

Historic map of Crowfield

Northamptonshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Northamptonshire

Crowfield map

Historic Map of any Crowfield postcode

Crowfield maps
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Crowfield photos

We have no photos of Crowfield, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Brackley, Stowe

Crowfield books

Displaying 2 of 7 books about Crowfield and the local area.   View all Crowfield books

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Daventry Living Memories
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Kettering Town and City Memories
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Crowfield books
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Memories of Crowfield

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Northamptonshire memories

The End as a School

I can remember Feed My Lambs closing when we went up to the new school.
I did 3 years at this one, an old type of school - one door for boys and the other for girls. The heating was from coke burning boilers and it was good to be able to go out and get the coke.  The other thing we lost when it closed was going across the playground to the outside toilets.  Lovely in winter.

Shared on 17 June 2007 by Ian Haverly.

Motorbike days

Nice to look at the old photos of Brackley as I was born here in 1963. I lived at 54 Manor Road for many years. I moved away for a while but it was nice to return. I used to ride motorbikes with a group of friends - Steve & Andy Fell & Mark Thomas to name a few. Id love to contact CHRIS & BARBARA BALL who emergrated to Oz with there new baby ZOE in the late 1970's. If there's anyone out there who remembers me wheelieing my green loud kawasaki up the High Street let me know???. Thank you for a nice web site ST

dennste@aol.com

Shared on 16 September 2006 by Stephen Tanney.

Memory of School

Mr Thurston, music master. Mr Meager, Major Meager's father, also music teacher, remember him as a very old man, another master, Mr Pepper, I believe at the end of term whilst going home had a car accident, collided into a bus in thick fog. Do you remember Wells pupil, also John Luston. Jeffrey Watts, Pen A Pen B. Morris I can remember at Chicherly Hall, when they were making good on a new tuck shop, just before opening we were all queuing for food when somebody threw a boot over the top, hitting Mr Smith the English teacher, he came out and blamed Morris for it who had nothing to do with it. Hope to hear from you,
John Pink

Shared on 25 June 2009

Old Boys

I can remember pupils attending: Malcolm Airey, Clive/Bill Needham, Christopher Strother, Antony Meager, Pinkerton, Baxter, Kimberley, George Wallace, Ward, Philip Lacey, my brothers Stephen and Mark Pink. I am John Pink. Staff I can remember are Major Meager, Mr Rhodes, Mr Smith, Mr Burr, Mr Thurston, Mr Ryan, Major Hyde-Upward. The Matrons Mrs Smith, Miss Brooks. Mr Smith, master. Philip Sproughton, Mr and MrsShelton who were responsible for maintenance. Other old boys are Robert Sewell, Castle, John Bugden, Michael Hayes, Dampney. I wonder how they are all getting on.

Shared on 22 June 2009

Extracts From Crowfield & Northamptonshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Crowfield, inspired by Frith photos.

Corby Living Memories

Some of the earthworks of the medieval fishponds opposite the Manor House can be seen in the foreground. The remarkable 173ft- long church stands to the right, but it is partly obscured from view today by a high wire fence covered with foliage which encloses a putting and bowling green.

This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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Corby Living Memories

The boundary wall of Manor Park lies to the right, with the manor house and vicarage, out of view behind the trees, on the opposite side of the road. The tower of the parish church with its spire alongside, rather than above, lies ahead, with a path leading to the market square to its left.

This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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Corby Living Memories

The scene on the right of the photograph is virtually unrecognisable today. All the buildings have been demolished on that side, and the road curving round (Buckwell Street) is now a cul-de-sac. The old Town Cross/milestone still stands on its original site, and a row of shops has been built behind it. The left-hand side of the High Street, however, is virtually the same as it is here, with the George Hotel on the corner of Station Road.

This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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