Lingerie is still made there, but the factory is no longer owned by the coop. Desborough a study of its people through the ages menu. The inclusion of a cross pendent reflects the influence of christianity on anglosaxon culture during a time of changing religious beliefs. View old historical pictures and photos of desborough in nhants and the surrounding area. Browse the worlds largest ebookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of. This necklace, found in a womans grave, is the finest of its kind to survive from anglosaxon england. Braybrooke, a village and a parish in northamptonshire. Books about desborough area browse 34 photo books on desborough and the surrounding area. Give details of my talks on heritage, history, travel audiovisual and slide. In 1891 there were 2 desborough families living in london.
Desborough, a village and a parish in northamptonshire. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Desborough, northamptonshire genealogy familysearch. Domesday book 1086 refers to desborough as a place of judgement.
The cheapest way to get from desborough to kettering costs only. Discover your family history in millions of family trees and more than a billion birth, marriage, death, census, and military records. The family moved around leicestershire, to oadby, northamptonshire, desborough, rothwell, and long yard. William desborough historical records and family trees. Desborough resident peter cox gives a personal tour of his home town. View upcoming funeral services, obituaries, and funeral flowers for the cooperative funeralcare kettering in kettering, northamptonshire. Give details of my talks on heritage, history, travel audiovisual and slide shows and illustrated talks. History of desborough, in kettering and northamptonshire. Pictures of desborough in northamptonshire yourlocalweb. Originally published by victoria county history, london, 1930.
The units covering this place tab lists units whose boundaries contained desborough election results. It is run by a team of volunteers who deliver library services and the library space with support from the county council. Close by the church is the 18th century church house the 19th century desborough house with its stucco and doric pillars, now the services club. The 5 best things to do in desborough 2020 with photos. Desborough is a town in northamptonshire, england, located in the ise valley between market harborough and kettering. Desborough war memorial, desborough 14289 historic. Urns from this period have been found in and around the town. The history and antiquities of the hundred of desborough. History of desborough, in kettering and northamptonshire map. By using this site, you consent to our use of cookies on this website in accordance with our cookie policy. The people information about individuals census transcriptions.
Kettering was first mentioned in the history books during the 10 th century around 956, but it has been in existence even before that. The towns origins lie in the bronze age some 2000 years bc. Were really keen to collate a comprehensive set of images to show desborough in its past and present form its a changing place and it would be good to record the changes forever. The history and antiquities of the hundred of desborough, and deanery of wycombe, in buckinghamshire. I should perhaps have added that this lettering is very similar to that on the cooperative bakery in kettering, which i spotted a while back. Educate and inform people about the industrial heritage and history of desborough and north northamptonshire. Desborough library and community hub northamptonshire.
The desborough factory is from 1905, five years later than the bakery, and the design is attributed to an inhouse coop architect. Desborough, a village and a parish in kettering district, northampton. It gives the title of baron to the family of nevillegriffin. Rothwell is a small market town in the kettering district of northamptonshire, england. The county is administered by northamptonshire county council and by seven nonmetropolitan district councils. Desborough is a town in northamptonshire, some five miles northwest of kettering. It lies some 10 km southeast of market harborough, 11 km southwest. A directory of settlements in northamptonshire detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading. Historical records and family trees related to william desborough. Rothwell, a small town and a parish in northamptonshire. Desborough war memorial stands in a war memorial garden at the junction of lower street and high street, to the north of the grade ilisted anglican and methodist church of st giles and opposite the services club grade ii. Desborough comes under northamptonshire county council and. Come in and look around, or spend some time, if you wish, chatting to the museums enthusiastic volunteers about desborough history. Desborough, northamptonshire photos, maps, books and memories of desborough everything old photos old maps books.
Desborough is a town in northamptonshire, england, located in the ise valley between market. The word kettering is derived from combining two words. George washington, the first president of the united states of america, was born into the washington family who had migrated to america from northamptonshire in 1656. A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. I am mike stroud and i am a local historian who has been published and broadcast, with an interest in the industrial heritage of desborough and north northamptonshire and south leicestershire and the. Desborough to kettering 3 ways to travel via bus, taxi, and car.
Come in and look around, or spend some time, if you wish, chatting to the museums enthusiastic. Braybrooke, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history. The most desborough families were found in the uk in 1891. Article dates from 18051963, and is found in footprints, northamptonshire family history society magazine, vol. August 2012 pages 1922, family history library ref. Corby natural history and archaeological society corby, northamptonshire.
Its gold wire beads and pendents set with garnets reflect a mixture of mediterranean and continental fashions. Steeped in history but thankfully striving to keep up with the times. Rothwell, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history. The village stands near the leicester and bedford railway, 5. The dlch is a place for young and old alike to make the most of the librarys resources and services.
The desborough necklace illustration ancient history. Relics of the towns history including part of an anglosaxon cross carved from stone, a tudor rood screen and reminders of the civil war. The village stands 3 miles w from desborough station on the m. Desborough, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history.
For example, in england and wales rural districts units with rd or rsd suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after. Relics of the towns history include part of an anglosaxon cross carved from stone, a tudor rood screen, and reminders of the english civil war. Stagecoach northamptonshire operates a bus from desborough, paddock lane to. This was about 18% of all the recorded desboroughs in the uk. Baptism, marriage and burial parish and nonconformist records.
See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Peter bailey passed away in kettering, northamptonshire. Funeral home services for peter are being provided by the cooperative funeralcare kettering. Services club is a grade ii listed building in desborough, northamptonshire, england. See all books market harborough a history and celebration. History of kettering, northamptonshire premier taxis blog. A history of desborough in northamptonshire book, 1910. The desborough family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1841 and 1920. Desborough library is now a community managed library managed by desborough library and community hub and run on a day to day basis by a team of volunteers. Desborough heritage centre houses displays covering the history of desborough from very early settlements to the 19th and 20th centuries.
London had the highest population of desborough families in 1891. An undated map of the late 18th century nro shows the common fields still in existence. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Official website for the desborough heritage centre and desborough civic society, station road, desborough, northants. At that time there were four fields, how, garborough, little and bestow fields, all lying around the town, and a large area of old enclosures in the n. Guide to desborough, northamptonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Compiled from the manuscript collections of the late learned. Desborough war memorial, desborough, northamptonshire. Kettering is a town in the kettering district, in the county of northamptonshire, england, about 70 miles 1 km north of london and 15 miles 24 km. Desborough photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Unnamed bicycle dealer, desborough desborough, northamptonshire. Northamptonshire familypedia fandom powered by wikia.
It was an industrial centre for weaving and shoemaking in the 19th century, and had a long association with the cooperative movement. The book shop is phenomenal offers a vast selection of books you can have a coffee while you browse other independent businesses are. Compiled from the manuscript collections of the late learned antiquary john bridges, esq. Desborough heritage centre, northants desborough history. Desborough war memorial is a grade ii listed building in desborough, northamptonshire, england. The twenty four coburgesses of the 16th century town assembly books become from 1595 onwards. We also provide a small gift shop selling heritage toys, bags, handmade cards, books on local history and a range of. Anglosaxon tribes once inhabited kettering, and it was one of their first villages.
George washingtons greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandfather, lawrence washington, was mayor of northampton on several occasions and it was he who. I am mike stroud and i am a local historian who has been published and broadcast, with an interest in the industrial heritage of desborough and north northamptonshire and south leicestershire and the history of this part of the east midlands in general. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of. Many archaeological finds from the iron age and anglosaxon periods have been made in the town some of which, such as the 1stcentury desborough mirror, and the anglosaxon desborough necklace, are in the collections of the british museum. The story of a northamptonshire village tom partridgeunderwood writes, if you thought bozeat was a sleepy little village in the middle of england with no tale to tell, then you would be very wrong, for within the pages of this excellent book you will find accounts of murder and intrigue. The desborough library and community hub cio dlch is communitymanaged library. Poll books for multiple years, searchable by a name index. The monument comprises a 4m high granite monolith, foursided and slightly tapering.
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