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In the late 18th century, Compton Wynyates was abandoned by its cash-strapped owner, the 8th Earl of Northampton, and narrowly avoided being pulled down.

In 1955 a Phipps and Company tied house, the brewery merged shortly afterwards with the Northampton Brewery Company to become Phipps Northampton Brewery Company.

Our brief foray into parkland is over and we reach Earls Barton, some six miles east of Northampton.

The Lion & Lamb on the right displays the star trademark of the Northampton Brewery Company. This company amalgamated with Phipps, the other major brewer in Northampton.

Rugby had become an important railway junction with routes radiating out to Birmingham, Nuneaton, Leicester, Sheffield, Northampton, Warwick and Marylebone.

The Hospital was founded by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, in the early 17th century.

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.

Ironically the new A43 Northampton road now by-passes the village. The tree has also gone.

Great Houghton is only a couple of miles from the centre of Northampton, on the southern slopes of the Nene valley.

This photograph shows the busy junction at the top of Station Road and Northampton Road, which combine like an arrowhead opposite the Gardens. The Headlands stretches off to the left.

This village is on Watling Street at the junction with the Northampton to Warwick Road. The older village, Lower Weedon, is to the south-west of Watling Street.

The place also had a Norman earthwork castle, a motte and bailey type; in later years it was a boot and shoe making town, one of several that thrived around Northampton.

The Archangel Michael, Northampton's patron saint, can just be seen in this photograph, crowning the Guildhall's turreted gable.

This photograph shows the busy junction at the top of Station Road and Northampton Road, which combine like an arrowhead opposite the Gardens. The Headlands stretches off to the left.

Unlike a French market square, the south and west side of Northampton's market place in particular have a delightful informality and physical variety, with no building the same as its neighbour.

The River Nene flows through Northampton; it has been an important artery through the county for centuries.

There are plenty of thatched cottages in Yardley Hastings, a pretty village on the A428 between Northampton and Bedford.

The Rose and Crown Hotel, now on the main A6, stood on the old Leicester-Harborough-Northampton stage of the journey from the north to London, and at one time serviced twenty-four coaches; the horses were

A mile or two to the west of Northampton, the village of Duston is steeped in history.

He was presented with the manors of Fenstanton and Hilton by the Earl of Northampton in payment for work at Castle Ashby.

Northampton shod most of Cromwell's army; over the years it acquired status as an important boot and shoe manufacturing centre.

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

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

The house was started by the 1st Lord Compton, later the Earl of Northampton, in 1574. Look closely, and you will see that the parapet along the top balustrade has a carved Latin inscription.