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Great Billing maps
Historic maps of Great Billing and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Billing maps
Great Billing photos
We have no photos of Great Billing, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Overstone, Moulton, Great Houghton, Earls Barton, Northampton, Castle AshbyGreat Billing books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Great Billing and the local area. View all Great Billing books
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northamptonshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Corby Living Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Great Billing
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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
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
My great grandmother was born in Great Houghton in 1868. She married Charles Neville and moved to Swanscombe in Kent. She had four children at the time of the 1901 census, the eldest of whom was nine.
All I know is that her name was Lizzie! I need to do some research to find her maiden name and to see if... [more]
Shared on 29 May 2007
Extracts From Great Billing & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Billing, inspired by Frith photos.
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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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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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... [more]
This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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