An historic Northamptonshire stately home is opening its gardens for the summer after ensuring it is Covid-19 compliant.
Tickets for summer Sundays in Holdenby House gardens went on sale this week.
Visitors will be able to tour the beautiful gardens at...
Northamptonshire is sadly not normally recognised for its literary connections. We have all heard of the brilliant Alan Moore, writer of V for Vendetta, Watchmen and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the poets John Clare and John Dryden (Britain’s...
After years of neglect, the 700 year old Northampton Queen Eleanor Cross, one of only three surviving in England from the original twelve, has at last been conserved after four years of campaigning by locals and supporters from all...
The ancient market of Northampton owes its origin to a series of secular fairs that were held in the church and churchyard of All Saints, established by the reign of William II (1087-1100), immediately after the church was constructed...
Northampton’s historic Market Square is in the news. And not for the first time!
In February 2019, plans to regenerate the town centre were unveiled by an organisation called Northampton Forward, which includes the borough council, the University of Northampton...
You can't help a wry smile when you say it: Northampton is the world centre for excellence in leather.
Perhaps it's the Kinky Boots thing. Perhaps leather just sounds a bit naughty but if I bring it up Northampton's leather...
“History is not just stuff that happens by accident, we are the products of the history that our ancestors chose, if we are White. If we are Black we are products of the history our ancestors most likely didn’t...
My first encounter with the author of Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth now seems like it took place in another era of history.
Many years ago I was news editor of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo and I...
If you've been enjoying the swords and sieges in the hit TV series Game of Thrones then don't miss a chance for an insight into a real medieval stronghold.
Rockingham Castle is offering a special Father's Day experience starting with...
Historian Mike Ingram delves into Northampton's distant past and finds it once again at the centre of history-making events
Throughout its early history, what would eventually be known as Northamptonshire became a centre for royal administration and home to Kings...
