History is all around us, the past leaves footprints everywhere. The Elementary Education Act of 1870 set up elected School Boards in towns and cities. These boards… Read more “The Board Schools of Old Kettering”
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GARDEN GNOMES are NORTHANTS’ FAULT
On this website, I have claimed and will claim that many things originated in Northamptonshire. I see our county as the primordial soup, from which EVERYTHING emerged.… Read more “GARDEN GNOMES are NORTHANTS’ FAULT”
The Petrifying Spring of Boughton
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”
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”
The Demon Doll of Finedon
As the nights grow longer and the mists settle over Northamptonshire’s lanes, tales begin to stir … tales of strange happenings and things best left behind locked… Read more “The Demon Doll of Finedon”
Northamptonshire’s Saints
The evening this was posted (19 September) saw our local rugby team, Northampton Saints, face off against Saracens from North London. But let’s take a look at… Read more “Northamptonshire’s Saints”
Kettering’s Coats of Arms Annotated
The Manorial Coat of This is Kettering’s first known Coat of Arms. It is based on that of the Lewis family of Rockingham Castle, with the Cross… Read more “Kettering’s Coats of Arms Annotated”
Jack Preston 