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Earls Barton, Northamptonshire
Earls Barton maps
Historic maps of Earls Barton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Earls Barton maps
Historic map of Earls Barton
Illustrated Victorian map of Northamptonshire
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Earls Barton books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Earls Barton and the local area. View all Earls Barton books
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northamptonshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Corby Living Memories
Paperback
£13
8 Earls Barton photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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The church where David Tall married Susan Ford in 1963
This is a photo of Earls Barton Church in 1965, just two years after Susan Ford of Earls Barton married David Tall of Wellingborough 21 Sept 1963.
Shared on 21 June 2007
Northamptonshire memories
I'm Ecton born and bred however now live 500 miles away, on the west coast of Scotland.
A book was written by and about the village a few years ago and I was very surprised when browsing through my copy to find myself in a photograph of the school kids dancing round the Maypole.
Shared on 08 December 2007
My parents kept our caravan at Overstone - on the far side near the lake. One year, 1953 I think, the National Caravan Rally came to Overstone and the field filled up with hundreds of caravans. I think this photo is the milk queue!
Shared on 31 December 2006
When I was a child my friend and I used to go and stay with a cousin of my mother's and I'm quite sure this was at Little Billing. The name of the people was Gray and the lady's name was Gladys, (called Glad) and I have a photograph of her wedding. The man's may have been Bill, but I'm... [more]
Shared on 02 August 2008
Extracts From Earls Barton & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Earls Barton, inspired by Frith photos.
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Dominating this photograph is the richly-decorated Saxon tower of the church of All Saints, standing sentinel and soaring above the rooftops of the village. The Earl of Huntingdon lived nearby, and the village gets the other half of its name from his association with barley farming. The Queen Mother has made several visits to Earls Barton.
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Photographic Memories.
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Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Since the 1960s Earls Barton has doubled in size; now the new housing estates in the village attract commuters who travel daily to Northampton, Wellingborough and elsewhere. Earls Barton is surrounded by the lush countryside of the Nene valley, making it popular with house hunters.
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Photographic Memories.
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Northamptonshire Living Memories
This view is taken further down West Street, with the churchyard on the left and the boundary walls of the Victorian Baptist Church on the right. The church dominates views from the south while behind it, to the north, are the remains of the Norman motte and bailey castle. Remarkably, the brutally pruned lime trees survive. Note the 1950s swan's... [more]
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Living Memories.
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