Northamptonshire History Talks

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  • “Everything Is Northamptonshire’s Fault!”

A look at the surprising impact our county has had on England and its history, right from the kingdom’s birth.

  • “The Great Fire of Northampton”

Fire, faith, and a town on trial.

A look at the town’s fire of 1675, and what it tells us about seventeenth century England.

  • “Northamptonshire and the Abolition of Slavery”

In 1838, full emancipation swept across the British Empire.To mark the occasion, William Knibb stood before a vast congregation in Jamaica and declared: THE MONSTER IS DEAD.

But did you know that several of the weapons used to slay the monster were made, or at least sharpened, in Northamptonshire?