The battle decided by a Banbury bar maid
Historian Mike Ingram reveals the story behind the Battle of Edgecote which legend has it was decided by the whim of a Banbury bar maid… It was the year 1469. The [...]
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Walking the battlefield
At the weekend I felt like a big brave boy because I got some scratches on my leg while I was out on the old bicycle. Brambles and bitey things had left a few livid pin [...]
How a king was defeated at the Battle of Northampton
Mike Ingram tells the story of the 1460 Battle of Northampton which will be commemorated on July 15 and 16 at Delapre Abbey. Northamptonshire Battlefield Society will have a [...]
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 [...]
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… [...]
He couldn’t get on with the posh boys
Lena Davis, of the Caring & Sharing Trust, opens her address book to tell us why she is friends with Brian Binley Writing about Brian Binley without the letters ‘MP’ [...]
Queen Eleanor’s Cross – a love story
Alarming pictures of Northampton’s Queen Eleanor Cross overgrown with weeds prompted a new Facebook group and the promise of action from Northampton Borough Council. [...]
Open your eyes to our hidden treasures
A chance look to the left reminds the BBC’s Helen Blaby that Northampton is full of hidden treasures and some of them might not be there forever… As I was coming [...]
The Empire shuts its mouth
Writer Tré Ventour asks Does Britain Really Have Historical Amnesia? as he reflects on his experience as a young black man educated in Britain. When you’re a member of [...]