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Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton

Mike Ingram takes us step by step through the trial that shook the nation when the church took on the state at Northampton Castle Northampton has always been a place of Kings [...]
Pictures from Remembrance Sunday in Northampton

Photographer Dave Ikin captured these scenes at the All Saints Remembrance Sunday Service. Father Oliver Coss officiated after a procession from The Guildhall led by [...]
The story of the rise of the Richardson Group

Colin Richardson looks back at the changing history of one of the most well known family businesses in the town… The Richardson Group is currently best known for The [...]
Discover Northampton’s hidden history

Historian Mike Ingram is offering guided tours of the historic heart of Northampton. In medieval times the town was an important trade centre and a seat of government where [...]
Northampton remembers the Holocaust

The Errol Flynn Cinema is screening The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The Errol Flynn Cinema website describes The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as [...]
American air hero who kept returning to Northampton

It’s Facebook time, folks! Like many others, writes Eric Whitehouse, I love to surf the Northampton local history site and…………. There’s a feature [...]
Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

Eric Whitehouse recalls what it was like staging a demonstration in Northampton… I’ve always taken an interest in what schools now call ‘current affairs’, [...]
So that’s where it is

Helen Blaby continues her detective work on the Grosvenor Centre mural… Isn’t it funny how your mind can play tricks on you, or you only have selective memory? I was [...]
How war and life as a refugee inspired me

Proprietor of LeSpice Merchant Imran a. Chowdhury describes the long journey that ended with him working in and serving the community of Northamptonshire… The journey [...]
The hidden war history of the Racecourse

Hilary Scott talks to an academic who is studying how The Racecourse was turned into a military camp… A major project researching the history of Northampton’s [...]
It was festival season in the medieval era

Historian Mike Ingram reveals that real medieval tournament’s were sprawling and chaotic – and some of the best took place in Northamptonshire… [...]
Heritage Day takes a journey into Northampton’s past

Karin Johnstone took advantage of Heritage Open Day to discover more about a church made with stones from Northampton Castle… It’s a gloomy day in Northampton town [...]
Cafe and community are key for Vintage Retreat

Paula of Vintage Retreat recounts the story of the emporium’s journey from idea to reality… Like Alan Moore, an elephant is a well-known resident of Spring [...]
Leather at Lunchtime free lecture series

The National Leather Collection is hosting a series of free lunchtime lectures this week revealing the history of leathercraft. The NLC, housed above the Grosvenor Centre [...]
County showbiz veteran shares memories of Sir Bruce

In Cogenhoe the Caring and Sharing Trust runs Cotton’s Farmhouse. Day to day it is a support centre for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. [...]

Bill’s may be a chain but a good shopping hideout

We usually give priority on our eating out experiences in NQ to independent outlets who, like our humble selves, are battling against the bigger chaps with their deeper, [...]
Tap and Kitchen’s an odd modern mixture

WE needed an excuse to move further afield from the county town to discover more of Northamptonshire’s culinary hot-spots. When the in-laws decided, well in advance of [...]
Mother lovin’ noodles

Let me show you what mountain bikers eat, I said to my daughter as we pootled around Northampton on our bikes at the weekend. That’s how we ended up at Mothers Wok and [...]
Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs

Back in August 2017 we wrote about the huge redevelopment that had been ongoing at Delapre Abbey in Northampton. One of the major changes was the removal of the much-loved [...]
Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

The search for Penda’s perfect Sunday lunch has become a bit of a quest for the family. Not organised enough to plan in advance, there are many weekends spent deciding at [...]
They have changed the menu at Buddies!

Towards the end of the last century I arrived in Northampton as a wide-eyed bumpkin from leafy Bedford and I asked the grizzled old hacks at the Chron what this dirty old [...]
Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

THERE’S a signature dish enjoyed at Casa Penda known as ‘Picky Bits’. This can come in premium and economy versions. The economy version is basically leftovers, some [...]

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Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton

Pictures from Remembrance Sunday in Northampton

The story of the rise of the Richardson Group

Discover Northampton’s hidden history

Northampton remembers the Holocaust

American air hero who kept returning to Northampton

Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

So that’s where it is

How war and life as a refugee inspired me

The hidden war history of the Racecourse

It was festival season in the medieval era

Heritage Day takes a journey into Northampton’s past

Cafe and community are key for Vintage Retreat

Leather at Lunchtime free lecture series

County showbiz veteran shares memories of Sir Bruce

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Gripped by the Cobblers: Adams the one we’ve been waiting for

It was festival season in the medieval era

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Bill’s may be a chain but a good shopping hideout

Tap and Kitchen’s an odd modern mixture

Mother lovin’ noodles

Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs

Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

They have changed the menu at Buddies!

Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

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