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Stanion, Northamptonshire
Stanion maps
Historic maps of Stanion and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Stanion maps
Historic map of Stanion
Illustrated Victorian map of Northamptonshire
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Stanion books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Stanion and the local area. View all Stanion books
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northamptonshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Corby Living Memories
Paperback
£13
5 Stanion photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Stanion
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Our Lady of Walsingham Church and School
Attending the Senior School, my memories are of the dinner dances that where held in the school hall to raise money to pay for the church and school, many of the events where organised by the local church organisations and the priests, particularily Canon Brennan, father Condon and Father Bailey, each played their own UNselfish part in the running of the... [more]
Shared on 19 October 2009
My most vivid memory of school is walking past the church and on to the wooden huts at the back. These huts were the infant school. I think that they came from an old POW camp. They were heated by old pot-bellied stoves that burned coke from the iron works (a by-product of making steel). I will always remember the smell... [more]
Shared on 20 September 2009
My family and I lived in Stocks Lane, Drury's Garage was next to us at the top on the corner. The house we lived in still looks exactly the same today as it did so many years ago. Sadly Drury's house, which is shown in the picture, is in a dreadful state and new flats are in place of the garage.... [more]
Shared on 08 September 2008
My grandparents and family, including my father, used to live in Kelvin Grove. My dad, Joseph Gamble, married my mum Margaret Govern and moved around the corner to James Watt Avenue where I was born. I think your grandparents, the Robertsons lived next door for many a year, and was known as Granny Roberts before moving. I also remember queing up... [more]
Shared on 04 July 2008
Extracts From Stanion & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Stanion, inspired by Frith photos.
Northamptonshire Living Memories
This view from the fields south-east of Stanion shows the small Northamptonshire village centred on the medieval church, with its fine 15th-century tower with broach spire. The electricity pylons march towards Corby just over the distant horizon. By 1960, the village was surrounded by housing estates. The woods conceal former ironstone quarries that fed the iron making industry of Corby.
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Living Memories.
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Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Situated within the remains of the Rockingham Forest, Stanion has thatched and stone-tiled cottages looking towards the graceful tower and spire of its 13th-century church. The steeple is visible from miles away. Inside the church is a bone: according to legend, it is a rib from a cow that provided all the milk for the village!
This is an extract from Northamptonshire Photographic Memories.
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Seen from Kettering Road, this on land formerly belonging to Home Farm. The farmhouse, now a private house, still stands at the junction of the High Street and Cardigan Road in the centre of the village. The long building on the extreme right is a workshop used by Strachan, the builder of the houses.
This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
