Places

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Maps

16 maps found.

Books

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Memories

56 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Stoke Road Blisworth.

We moved to Stoke Rd Blisworth 1975 six new houses were built opposite the post office,Mr & Mrs Freestone lived across the road they made us very welcome on one occasion Mr freestone removed a window when my wife locked ...Read more

A memory of Blisworth by bpdavenport1948

Neligan Family

For family history purposes we're trying to find any Neligan's or Sullivan's from Ballymullen and Tralee. My daughters ancestor is Honora Neligan born 1854, daughter of Maurice Neligan and Margaret Sullivan. She married an English ...Read more

A memory of Tralee by R K

The Wills Family

Ambrose Wills, Inn Keeper and Farmer at the Ashberton Arms West Charleton, buried at the Church. His son George took on the pub and farm when the village was sold by the Marques of Northampton on the 22 of September 1919. ...Read more

A memory of West Charleton in 1900 by James Freeman

Airflow Streamline, Northampton

My dad (RIP) used to work for Airflow Streamline Far Cotton, Northampton most of his life. 1970 onwards and I can remember standing outside the main gates, waiting for him to sneak me into the factory cos you ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1975 by Andrew Terry

Hms Imgregnable

My Great Great Grandfather Frederick George Rivers served and trained on this ship from 1886 to 1887, and trained on another 5 ships in Devonport between 1881 and 1891. Including HMS Duke of Wellington, HMS Rupert and HMS Northampton. He served on his first ship at the age of 16.

A memory of Devonport in 1880 by David Phillips

Going To Work At Tattersall's

I was born in 1953 in Northampton.  Later my family moved and settled in Essex but my childhood was spent in Spratton with my Nana Anderson.  She worked at Mr Tattersall's as a housekeeper and during the holidays I ...Read more

A memory of Spratton in 1957 by Julie Gill Frisby

The Gayways Pop Band Venue,Northampon

Does anyone remember the Gayways club in Northampton, High Street? I used to go there to see pop bands like Dave Dee, the Hollies and numerous other rock and pop groups! It had nothing to do with actually ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1967 by Robin Packer

The Haunted School

One of Northampton’s now-lost buildings is seen on the right of this photograph, the old Notre Dame High School which was built in 1871 as a school and convent run by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. A former teacher at ...Read more

A memory of Northampton by Julia Skinner

Happy Days

I am the dark haired young man sitting upright in the boat in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph taken in 1961. The boat was the Judith Mary built by Percy Mitchell for my late father, Spencer Clarke, in Portmellon in 1949. ...Read more

A memory of Gorran Haven by graham.jsclarke

I Remember It Well

I went to Hayling Island Suntrap School When I was Five Years Old Around 1957/1958, I remember one boy hand his head hit by a train while looking out of the train window on a school trip and seeing blood running down the ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by Michael Raftery

Captions

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Caption For Boston, Grammar School, South End 2005

In 1551 the property of the Corpus Christi Guild ended up with Lord Clinton, and then the Marquis of Northampton claimed that of the other four guilds, though he handed back to the Corporation

Caption For Staverton, The New Inn C1955

This was one of Phipps's houses; the Northampton brewers were taken over by Watney's in the 1960s.

Caption For Northampton, George Row 1922

On the extreme right of the picture is Northampton's County Hall headquarters.

Caption For Road Weedon, The Globe Hotel C1965

The building to the right was George Green's smithy, and is now the site of the A45 for Northampton.

Caption For Welton, High Street C1955

Beyond is the White Horse, still in business, though the Northampton Brewery, with its NBC Star trademark, has long since passed into history.

Caption For Great Houghton, High Street C1965

This chapter ends at Great Houghton, south-east of Northampton.

Caption For Geddington, Village 1922

Only three remain: the other two are at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire.

Caption For Welford, High Street C1965

The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.

Caption For Scone, Palace South West 1899

It was supposed to be returned to Scotland under the terms of the Treaty of Northampton.

Caption For Northampton, From All Saints Tower 1922

Sad to say, the tower of All Saints' Church is not safe at present, so it is not possible to climb to the top and compare this photograph with the reality of present-day Northampton.

Caption For Great Doddington, Hard Water Mill C1965

Some sources suggest that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a Becket, fled here after a confrontation with King Henry II at Northampton Castle.

Caption For Overstone, The Solarium Hotel C1955

North-east of Northampton, Overstone is a linear village dating back to the 18th century.

Caption For Kettering, Bus Station C1965

This is the view from Northampton Road, with the George Hotel roof visible behind the bus station.

Caption For Moulton, West Street C1950

Moulton is only a stone's throw from the centre of Northampton; when the town thrived on shoe manufacture, many men and women walked from this village to work in the shoe factories.

Caption For Moulton, High Street C1950

Despite its close proximity to Northampton, the heart of Moulton remains a conservation area.

Caption For Northampton, Market Square & Mobbs Memorial 1922

Though no longer in the Market Place, this fine monument to Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Mobbs was once a famous landmark in Northampton.

Caption For Daventry, View From The Braunston Road C1960

British Timken came to Daventry and Northampton in 1954, and was one of the major employers for many years.

Caption For Creaton, Village C1965

Located about eight miles north-west of Northampton, the village of Creaton used to comprise two communities - Great Creaton and Little Creaton.

Caption For Kettering, War Memorial 1922

Placed beside the Alfred East Gallery, the memorial faces Northampton Road, still tree-lined in 1922.

Caption For Milton Malsor, Post Office C1960

Milton Malsor is a charming, typically English village to the south of Northampton and the M1.

Caption For Overstone, Lake Side C1955

Overstone Park has for years been a leisure facility for nearby Northampton.

Caption For Milton Malsor, The Church C1955

Beyond Blisworth and virtually within earshot of the M1 (which opened in the late 1950s) Milton Malsor survives proximity to Northampton remarkably well.

Caption For Northampton, The Drapery 1949

This very detailed photograph depicts one of Northampton's busiest streets.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1965

To the right is a bus standing in the Market Square, waiting to leave for Northampton.