Wold Lodge (Poplar Lodge Farm)
Presented by Margaret CraddockHarry Ringrose Gent and his wife EdnaMr Harry Gent farmed on The Wold at Poplar Lodge Farm (Top Lodge) in the 1930's. The farm is on the parish boundary with Finedon. The Gents were the last family to live in the farmhouse.Mr Harry Gent...
An Introduction to the 1941/1943 Farm Survey
Presented by John Meads 2007A 1965 photo of Glendon Lodge (east of the A6 Finedon road) shortly before its demolition. In 1941 it was part of Buccleuch Farm and owned by the ironstone company Richard Thomas Ltd. During the Second World War, the Government undertook a...
The National Farm Survey 1941 – 43
Researched by Janet & John Meads 2007 Ministry Ref: Recorded Farmer Area Tenant/Owner Landowner Surveyor's or other comments 71/1 29 Dec 1941 Frank & William Attfield, Windmill Farm, Church Street For fuller details click here Click here for Attfield family...
Wallis’ Farm, also known as Sunnyside Farm
Presented by Margaret CraddockWallis' Farmhouse at 73 Church Street c1908This farm was also known as Sunnyside Farm. The farmhouse was built from stone in the 18th century and it is where Mr Frederick Wallis farmed in the 1920s and 1930s. The property was later owned...
Full Details – C. Tilley
MAF No: 71/32 Owner/Tenant C. Tilley Type Full time farmer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L H: 100% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 100% Fair Cottages 0 Acres of Derelict land 0 Management of farm/small-holding B Reason for management classification Old...
The Dairy, High Street
Presented by Margaret CraddockThe 18th century property c1898 when used as Barlows Stores The Dairy in the 1970s. The original distinctive windowwas replaced in the 1980sThe original farmhouse dates from the 18th century and the property was split into two separate...
The Limes Farmhouse
Presented by Margaret CraddockThe Limes circa 1944This farmhouse was located in Meeting Lane. The original farmhouse in 1740 became known as "The Manse". It was occupied by John Yeomans who owned the fields at the end of Meeting Lane. In 1896 a new Manse was erected...
From Tank Range to Farm Production
John Meads 2015 from Northampton Mercury & Herald, July 16, 1947Wold Farm in 1976 long after the Northamptonshire Agricultural Executive Committee had sold itTo gain experience in field operations, some 30 trainees under the Agricultural Training Scheme sponsored...
Full Details – William Talbutt
MAF No: 71/31 Owner/Tenant Wm. Talbutt Type Full time farmer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L H: 50%, M: 50% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 100% Fair Cottages 0 Acres of Derelict land 0 Management of farm/small-holding B Reason for management...
Talbutt Farm
Presented by Margaret CraddockHaymaking on the farm This needs to be changed!The fields of the Talbutt farm were on The Wold. The farm buildings were located behind Britannia Cottages in Bird Street but the Talbutts lived at 32 Cranford Road.
Stopps Piggery
Presented by Margaret CraddockThe above photograph shows Stopps Piggery, near Windmill Cottages, Cranford Road in 1965. Incorporated in this site are buildings dating from the days of the Burton Ironstone Company, which mined the surrounding area up to the early...
Farmer Farrow
These photographs, probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s, were passed to BLHS by Richard FarrowSidney James Farrow His farm buildings, next to the cemetery, are in the backgroundMaking a stack on the Farrow smallholdingLily May Farrow, Sid's wife, collecting eggs
Blackbridge Farm Fire
Articles from Northants Evening Telegraph 26 and 27 September 2011Plumes of smoke could be seen in Kettering. Inset - flames could be seen inside a barn at the site in Burton Latimer.26th SeptemberResidents were told to close windows and doors as a 200m column of...
The Laurels Farm
The Laurels Farmhouse in Church StreetThe "Laurels" was built before 1696. This farmhouse is situated in Church Street (sometime known as Town Street) on Cranford Road corner. Owners of the house changed a fair number of times until the year 1826 when William Linnell...
Mr John Meadows
Presented by Margaret CraddockMr John Meadows aged 85 years in 1953Mr Meadows was a former omnibus proprietor. He farmed the land at Hogs Hole (the area between Queensway and the River Ise) for over 60 years and drove his car until he was nearly 90. He died after a...
Home Farm (also known as Glebe Farm and Rectory Farm), now Bennie’s
Home Farm is situated in Kettering Road and was once known as Rectory Farm or Glebe Farm as it formed part of the Church Glebe. The first identified tenants were the Pulver family in the late 18th/early 19th century, Willliam J Gross who was farming here in 1890,...
Home Farm, High Street
Home Farm c1955Home Farm 1960s before demolitionRear of Home Farm 1965 before demolitionIn 1930 Mr Albert Sharman Denton moved from Brigstock and purchased the Home Farm on the High Street. (Not to be confused with Home Farm on Kettering Road farmed by the Bennie...
Hilly Farm, High Street
Hilly Farm and outbuildings viewed from the High Street, 1950, prior to housing developmentHilly Farm and outbuildings viewed from the north east, 1950Hilly Farm and outbuildings viewed from the west in 1950Hillly Farm was situated off the High Street and stretched to...
Eady’s Farm
Presented by Margaret CraddockOriginal Farmhouse, demolished in 1960'sThis farm was situated off the High Street behind the row of shops opposite The Red Cow site. It was an 18th century stone and thatched farmhouse and was demolisihed in the 1960's. The original farm...
Full Details – J.T. Dixon
MAF No: 71/11 Owner/Tenant J.T. Dixon Type Full time farmer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L M: 100% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 20% Good 80% Fair Cottages 0 Acres of Derelict land 0 Management of farm/small-holding B Reason for management...
Full Details – A.S. Denton
Home Farm, High Street, not to be confused withHome Farm, Kettering Road. Farmed by the Dentonfamily from the mid 1920s until it was sold for a housingdevelopment in the 1960s. Its land extended fromHigh Street to the River Ise. MAF No: 71/10 Owner/Tenant A.S. Denton...
Full Details – J. E. Davies
MAF No: 71/13 Owner/Tenant J.E. Davies Type Engineer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L H: 100% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 100% Fair Cottages 0 Acres of Derelict land 0 Management of farm/small-holding B Reason for management classification Lack of...
Full Details – M. Dams
Malin Dams in the 1950s MAF No: 71/39 Owner/Tenant M. Damms Type Not given Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L Not given Natural condition of farm/smallholding Not given Cottages Not given Acres of Derelict land Not given Management of farm/small-holding Not...
Full Details – H. Craddock
Harry Craddock in the early 1930s MAF No: 71/07 Owner/Tenant H. Craddock Type Not given Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L Not given Natural condition of farm/smallholding Not given Cottages Not given Acres of Derelict land Not given Management of...
Redlands Farm
Presented by Margaret Craddock 2010. New information added 2013Sammy J DunmoreRedlands Farm, owned by the Harpur family, was situated in Kettering Road, although the two Redland Closes that probably give it its name are off Cranford Road. The farmhouse was south of...
Full Details – H. Cole
Harry Cole in one of his greenhousessituated in what is now Regent Road MAF No: 71/52 Owner/Tenant H. Cole Type Not given Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L Not given Natural condition of farm/smallholding Not given Cottages Not given Acres of Derelict land Not...
Full Details – Vernon G. Clemoes
Hilly Farm, when it was owned by Mr. W.D. Evans about ten years after the war-timesurvey. Its entrance to High Street can be seen at the bottom left of the photographnear the farmhouse.The farmyard stretched back to the "She Drinks" factory in MeetingLane. Its...
Full Details – W. Church
MAF No: 71/08 Owner/Tenant W. Church Type Not given Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L Not given Natural condition of farm/smallholding Not given Cottages Not given Acres of Derelict land Not given Management of farm/small-holding Not given Reason for management...
Perkins Details
Oliver Perkins, besides working full-time on his 60 acre farm, was also a member of Burton Latimer Home Guard. MAF No: 71/26 Owner/Tenant H.O. Perkins Type Full time farmer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L H: 100% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 100%...
Butlin and Turner
Presented by Margaret CraddockArthur Butlin c1960 deliveringgreengrocery in North AvenueOn five acres of land in Kettering Road, just prior to the railway bridge (now the A14 roundabout), Messrs Butlin and Turner in the 1940s worked a plot growing, crops, potatoes,...
Butlin & Turner – details
Arthur Butlin in North Avenuedelivering produce from his marketgarden c1960 MAF No: 71/05 Owner/Tenant Butlin & Turner Type Full time farmer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L M: 100% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 100% Fair Cottages 0 Acres of...
Bungalow Farm – personal reflections
Taken from a book “Our Village Lives” written by Sally Szymanski with Madge Murdin presented by Margaret Jones (Craddock)Harvest time at Bungalow Farm in the early 1920sAs a girl, Sally Szymanski who lives at Little Harrowden, used to visit Bungalow Farm where her...
Bungalow Farm
Researched and presented by Margaret CraddockAn early 1920's harvest scene at Bungalow FarmThis farm was situated in Station Road opposite the Weetabix Mills. The scene above from the early 1920s was when James Mason farmed here. The farm was later owned and farmed by...
Memories of Buccleuch Farm
By John MeadsThe people on the group photograph are: Standing L - R: Mr. Pike (a live-in farm worker), unknown, unknown, Louisa Downing (Bill Ross’s step-grandmother), Polly Downing, Alice Downing and Nell Downing. Seated are: Fred Downing and Rosa Downing.In 2006, on...
Buccleuch Farm, Burton Latimer
Article researched and compiled by Margaret CraddockThe Downing Family at Buccleuch Farm in the 1920sThe farm was also known locally as Red Lodge Farm For bigger picture and names click the button below.Buccleuch Farm (incorporating Glendon Farm) is located between...
Buccleuch Farm in 1941
By John MeadsIn 1941, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries commissioned a survey of all land in Great Britain that could be utilised for the growing of crops for food that was becoming increasingly scarce due to the action of enemy U-boats in the Atlantic. This...
Full Details – Burton Latimer Urban District Council
A 1930s photo of Jack Rickards andWick Mason with the ash-cart andhorse that were stabled in theBLUDC farm buildings in Higham Road. MAF No: 71/03 Owner/Tenant B.L. U.D. Council Type Other Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L L: 100% Natural condition of...
Black Lodge
Presented by Margaret CraddockBlack Lodge was situated on the A6 on the road to Finedon but with the building of the Burton Latimer bypass, the farm is no longer accessed directly from the road but is set back on a slip road. The wartime survey of 1943 shows that the...
Black Bridge Farm
Presented by Margaret CraddockThe Hawkes family have a smallholding on a site at the end of Cranford Road where pigs are raised. Currently (2010) planning permission is sought to develop a commercial and industrial waste management facility on the site. The facility...
Full Details – J. Bennie
In addition to being a full-time farmerJim Bennie had to find the time to servein Burton Latimer Home Guard in theearly 1940s. MAF No: 71/06 Owner/Tenant J. Bennie Type Full time farmer Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L M: 20%, L: 80% Natural condition of...
Barnfield Farm
Presented by Margaret CraddockBarnfield Farm is situated on the outskirts on Finedon Road, just off to the left in the direction of Finedon. It was farmed by the Dixon family for many years. Information from the Wartime Survey of 1941 shows that J T Dixon was a full...
Full Details – W & F Attfield
M.A.F. No 71/01 Owner/Tenant W & F Attfield Type Full time farmer Soil % Heavy=H Medium=M Light=L H:50%, M:25%, L:25% Natural condition of farm/smallholding 100% Fair Cottages 1 Acres of Derelict land 0 Management of farm/small-holding B Reason for...
The Late Mr. A Downing
Article from local newspaper 1903The funeral of Mr. Alfred Downing, of the Lodge, Burton Latimer, whose death we recorded last week, took place at Burton Cemetery on Saturday afternoon amid many signs of mourning. The first part of the Burial Service was taken in...
Glendon Lodge
Glendon Lodge in 1932 at the time William C. Sharman was living and working thereThis lodge was on the eastern side of the A6 Burton to Finedon road. It could be reached by way of a track midway between Buccleuch Farm and Black Lodge. Glen Sharman (who gave us the...
Gilliats – Harpurs Lodge
Mr William H Gilliatt (known as Billy)Harpurs Lodge, a remote farmhouse, stood at the end of Blackberry Lane on the Wold. It is now demolished. Prior to its sale, around 1920, the farm belonged to the Harpur family and formed part of the Burton Latimer Hall Estate...
Pecks (159 High Street)
159 High StreetThis double-gabled house, originally built as a farm house towards the end of the 18th century, became the first site of the Cottage Homes in 1897. It is now known as 159 High Street .
Orpins-Windmill-Farm-Attfields
Presented by Margaret CraddockWindmill Farmhouse (101 Church Street) and (nearest the camera) Orpins Farmhouse (103 Church Street) c1925Orpins Farmhouse belonged to the Attfield family and was the home of Frank and Dorothy Attfield for many years. This farmhouse was...
Mink Breeding
Sidney Talbott, mink farmentrepreneurIn November 1953 under the headline "MINK BREEDING BEGINS IN NORTHANTS" the Northampton Mercury & Herald reported on a potential new industry in Burton Latimer:"NOT EASY, BUT FASCINATING" - Mink farming on a large scale is...
Full Details – Burton Latimer Co-operative Society
Some of the horses that were used by Burton Latimer Co-operativeSociety. Although this photograph was taken in the mid-1920s, asimilar number were being used at the time of the survey, whichbegs the question: why were they not listed on the return? MAF No: 71/02...