History

How do you fix a hospital that is ‘the worst in the Kingdom for a Recepticle of sick people’?

October 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

The 225th anniversary of Northampton General Hospital passed in September, Julia Corps of Northampton Heritage Hunters looks at its early beginnings… [...]

Heritage Day takes a journey into Northampton’s past

September 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Delapré Abbey revives Bouverie fete

August 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Delapré Abbey is reviving a traditional fete run by its former owners. The Abbey has released the following statement detailing its plans: Calling all creative bakers and [...]

Battle of Northampton memorial walk

July 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

The annual Battle of Northampton memorial walk is tonight. Historian Mike Ingram will lead a tour of the battlefield from 7pm, starting at Queen Eleanor’s Cross where a [...]

The lure of life on the open road

June 22, 2018 // 3 Comments

‘Uncle’ Eric Whitehouse has fronted many local blues combos but he also has an ear for a story… On the back of the CD, there’s a small picture of a guy [...]

How war and life as a refugee inspired me

June 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

When Billing Road Cemetery was big business

June 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Retired landscape designer Christine Whittemore of Northampton Heritage Hunters looks at the history of Billing Road Cemetery… In the mid-19th century churchyards had [...]

It was the end of the world as we knew it

June 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

In his second piece about Northamptonshire during the English Civil War, Mike Ingram takes us back to June 1645, when the future of the nation was decided at the Battle of [...]

Northamptonshire’s hot protestants and the Great Rebellion

May 5, 2018 // 2 Comments

Mike Ingram looks at the county’s part in the English Civil War… The ‘Great Rebellion’ better known today as the English Civil War began on 22 August 1642. [...]