During his travels across Britain, writer Daniel Defoe stopped by Boughton House. His hosts showed him a spring which they insisted would “petrify” anything left within its… Read more “The Petrifying Spring of Boughton”
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Kettering’s Shoemaking Revolution
Kettering in the early Nineteenth Century was a centre of the shoemaking trade; not yet with the great factories of later years, but a growing trade that… Read more “Kettering’s Shoemaking Revolution”
Bonfire Night – Sparked in Northamptonshire ?
The Origin of Bonfire Night
The Kettering Conjuror – and Northamptonshire’s Secret Bibles
Long before Harry Potter (or even Harry Potter House) there was Thomas Fysh of Kettering, dragged before the dreaded Star Chamber for possessing what sounds like a… Read more “The Kettering Conjuror – and Northamptonshire’s Secret Bibles”
Triangular Lodge – An Act of Rebellion
Wander just outside Rushton, and you’ll find yourself facing one of the strangest, most intriguing buildings in England. It isn’t grand like a country house, nor fortified… Read more “Triangular Lodge – An Act of Rebellion”
Jack Preston 