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Great Brington, Northamptonshire
Great Brington photos
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Great Brington maps
Historic maps of Great Brington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Brington maps
Historic map of Great Brington
Illustrated Victorian map of Northamptonshire
Historic Map of any Great Brington postcode
Great Brington books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Great Brington and the local area. View all Great Brington books
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northamptonshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Corby Living Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Great Brington photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Great Brington
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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
Church Street, at the end of this my parent's shop, home until dad decided to retire to Badby. Next door the Roman Catholic church. Anyone else remember the processions down Church Street when it was Remembrance Sunday or the Church Fete with Rose Queen on the trailer surrounded by attendants. Running for the bus along there too, especially... [more]
Shared on 05 December 2008
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
Extracts From Great Brington & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Brington, inspired by Frith photos.
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Here we see Great Brington's picturesque stone and thatched cottages. The village Post Office on the right has a small sign attached to the wall which reads 'Post Office for money orders, savings bank, parcel post, telegraph, insurance and annuity business'. The Post Office is part of the Althorp Estate.
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Photographic Memories.
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Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
75 years after this photograph was taken, Great Brington and the adjoining parkland became the focus of world attention when Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest in the grounds of Althorp House. Many members of the Spencer family are buried in Great Brington church.
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Photographic Memories.
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We are looking westwards along the Grand Union Canal on its way to Birmingham, at point where it originally joined the Oxford Canal. This junction was later moved further on, and the 'cut' to the left became the entrance to the 'pound'. The building on the left is the Stop House, where boats would stop to pay their tolls as they moved from one canal company canal to another. The 'Belmont' (centre left) is... [more]
This is an extract from Daventry Living Memories.
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