The road leading down to Barton Bridge where Fred Grainger's accident occurred BURTON LATIMER SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO CYCLIST A serious accident occurred near the Ise River in the parish of Barton Seagrave, on Tuesday evening, to a young fellow named Fred Grainger,...
Shocking Suicide
This photograph, taken from the railway bridge some years later,shows the goods line near the gasworks on the left, where EmmaLuddington's body was discovered SHOCKING SUICIDE NEAR ISHAM STATION – A BURTON LATIMER WOMAN’S RASH ACT From: Northampton Mercury 14 January...
Farm Fire-Four in Court
Article from local paper 1965 transcribed by Sally CraneThree Burton Latimer schoolboys – two of them brothers – and an unemployed youth were remanded at a special court at Kettering this afternoon charged with setting fire to a stack at a Burton farm on Wednesday...
Police Searching for Firebugs
Article from Evening Telegraph 1965 transcribed by Sally CraneDisaster hit a local farmer, Mr. Oliver Perkins , when a hundred tons of hay and straw were destroyed in a fire at Church Lane Farm, Burton Latimer, last night. Police are making exhaustive inquiries, and...
Red Cow Assault
Red Cow Public House on the High Streen circa 1925.Thomas Capps and George Dickenson were indicted for stealing £11, the property of William Bollard on the 15th of October. - Mr Sargeaunt was for the prosecution. - Mr W. Bollard of Little Harrowden, said on the...
Postscript to a Fire
John Meads 2018After the Coffee House fire in August 1909, Burton Latimer Parish Council was contacted by an agent representing the occupants of a neighbouring property who were claiming for damage done by the brigade by allowing a hose pipe to flood their bedroom...
Potshot at the Poplars Weathercock
John Meads 2017 From the Northampton Mercury 10 January 1846 Richard Ashness, gentleman, of Burton Latimer, charged Wm. Maycock and Thorp Sudborough, both of the same place, with breaking a weather cock, his property, and thereby doing damage to the extent of 5s. The...
Ponies Saved
Article from Evening Telegraph 2 June 1981BURTON LATIMER man Sam Henderson swam across a flooded field this morning to rescue a stranded pony. His wife Diana waded through chest-high water to get another pony to dry land. Mrs Veronica Kemp who lives next to the field...
Pigs Burned in Farm Fire 1939
Articles from Evening Telegraph March 1939Mr Tom DickensA stack of straw and some farm buildings at Station Hill Farm Burton Latimer, were destroyed by fire in the early hours of today (Saturday). The outbreak was first noticed by Mr T Dickens of 63 Alexandra Street,...
No Incendiarism Here
The Birmingham Fire Office plaque whichwould be fixed to any property insuredby the company. Note how Mr. Hester,the company's Northampton agent,used this fire to draw attention to hiscompany in the local press.Northampton Mercury 3 November 1849 INCENDIARY FIRE On...
Mr Hales Accident
The scene of Mr. Hale's nasty accident showing the bank in front of the bakehouse and the Church School, at that time used by the senior pupils, and the wall of the school on the opposite side of the road used at that time by the infantsNorthampton Mercury, 24th Mar...
Motorcycle Accident 1927
Extract from Western Morning News, Tuesday, 16 August 192722-YEARS-OLD GIRL'S DEATH AFTER ACCIDENT A 22-years-old girl, Edith May Smith, of Burton Latimer, Northants, was killed while riding pillion on a motor cycle to Wicksteed Park, Kettering, on Sunday evening. In...
High Winds-Van blown over
Extract from Western Morning News dated Tuesday, 3 January 1933. Other incidents of the gale reported last night by “Western Morning News” correspondents in various parts of the country were: - Northamptonshire experienced the full force of a south-westerly gale, and...
George Cook Accident 1899
Article from Northampton Mercury dated Friday 13 January 1899 A Coal Trolley, similar to that used by William Northern Mr J. T. Parker, the Divisional Coroner, held an enquiry at the Duke's Arms Inn, Burton Latimer on Saturday evening, relative to the death of a lad...
Garage Inferno 1983
Kettering Evening Telegraph 28th September 1983 Blaze aftermath - a foreman inspects the burned out cars Blazing petrol hampered firemen as they fought a blaze in a car showroom at Burton Latimer today. The petrol, pouring from the burned fuel-lines, intensified the...
Garage Fire 1957
Article from Northants Evening Telegraph 14 March 1957The newspaper photo of Jennifer Cooper accompaning this articleFiremen, drivers and workmen laboured for two hours last night driving and pulling out burning lorries from a blazing garage at Burton Latimer. If it...
Garage Fire 1951
Article taken from local newspaper dated 1951.When fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning at a garage in Church Street , Burton Latimer, owned by the Rector, Reverend R W Sharpley, sparks also set alight the thatched roof of a shop owned by Mr C E...
Fatal Fire 1995
Article from Kettering Evening Telegraph dated 14 December 1995A pensioner died in a house blaze last night, caused by a faulty gas fire. (Editor's note: the pensioner was later identified as Noel Lewis) Mr Lewis, who lived alone, was found in the kitchen of his home...
Fatal Train Accident 1899
Article taken from an original newspaper cutting dated 1899, transcribed by Sarah Gilbert.It is with the deepest regret we have to chronicle a distressing accident which occurred at Bulwell Station, near Nottingham, on Monday evening, and resulted in the untimely...
Families Flee Blazing Cottages
Article from a local evening newspaper dated Saturday December 30th 1967 Residents of a row of cottages in Bakehouse Lane, Burton Latimer, fled from their homes for safety last night when fire broke out in two empty cottages. While firemen fought the blaze, which...
Factory Arson
Kettering Evening Telegraph 26th August 1983 Smoke rises from the factory on Bakehouse Lane People had to flee their homes when fire swept through the top floor of a three-storey disused factory in Burton Latimer yesterday afternoon. Half a dozen people living around...
Fire Brigade History:Appliances
Article by Les Allen, Burton Latimer Sub-Officer, Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service. Burton Latimer Fire Brigade at 'The Poplars' early 20th century The first documented fire appliance based at Burton Latimer was a horse-drawn manual appliance built by Shand,...
Engine Runs Away
Extract from Peterborough Advertiser 01 January 1902The Driver Killed A man named William Ladds, of Burton Latimer, employed as a driver of a steam motor belonging to Messrs Wallis and Sons, of Burton Latimer Mill, met with a terrible death the other morning on...
Dr. Jonathan Bird
Kettering Evening Telegraph 24 March 1983, Also 25 and 26 August and September 1983 Patients saddened by the retirement of a popular Burton Latimer doctor have asked for a special fund to be set up in the town. Ill-health has forced Dr Jonathan Bird to retire from the...
Jos Downing Accident
Extract from the Northampton Mercury Saturday 4 May 1889On Thursday, April 25, a very serious accident happened to Mr Joseph Downing, of this village. Mr Downing, who is a carpenter, was at work at one of the lodges upon the Burton wold, and while putting in a new...
De Crespigmy Accident
Newspaper extract Stamford Mercury - Friday 25 May 1911On Monday evening a Cambridge undergraduate, whilst motor cycling to Cambridge, ran into a trap driven by Mr Arthur de Crespigny, of Burton Latimer Hall, when near Cranford. A motor car passed at the time and the...
Dancehall Fire
Article from the Northampton Mercury dated Friday August 20th 1926The Pavilion was situated towards the top end of the High Street, in the area behind what is now Coral bookmakersCaptain Waters, Chief of Burton latimer Fire Brigade near the scene of the fire. The...
Curious Fire in Croxens Yard
From the Northampton Mercury Friday 31 May 1895About 15 years after the fire the ruins were still causing problemsand in desperation were demolished by some of the women livingnearbyA fire arose under peculiar circumstances, at Burton Latimer, on Tuesday afternoon,...
Coffee Tavern in Flames
John Meads 2018The Coffee Tavern in the High Street, a hundred yardsaway from the Fire Station in Duke StreetExciting Scenes in Burton Latimer Northampton Daily Echo 4 August 1909 "In the early hours of this (Wednesday) morning an alarming outbreak of fire occurred at...
Bus Fatality 1919
Extract from the Kettering Guardian Friday 7th Nov 1919 transcribed by Sarah GilbertThe cross indicates the exact spot on the road to Ketteringwhere Mr. Cheney was fatally struck by the passing motor bus.The distressing fatality which occurred on Saturday, when Mr....
Bus Collision 1952
Taken from an undated cutting of a small feature in the local paper. The incident was originally thought to be in 1952, but another source has subsequently named the date as Sep 24th, 1948 . Forty people were injured when these United Counties double-decker buses...
Blackspot Row
Article from local newspaper, September 1979, transcribed by Raylee BurtonThe scene after the accidentWorried residents fear that someone will be killed unless a nearby junction is improved. People living near the junction of Finedon Road and Higham...
Big Blaze £3000 Damage
Extract from Northampton Mercury 21 February 1913A serious fire occurred at Burton Latimer on Monday night, when damage to the extent of over £3,000 was caused at the factory of Messrs Ward Bros Clothing Co. The building, which is adjacent to the main street,...
Barn Blaze 1973
Article from the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph dated Tuesday November 13th 1973, transcribed by Raylee Burton.Main picture: Flames rip through the roof of the barn at Burton Latimer.Inset: Firemen emerge from the blackened building at FinedonPolice are trying to...
Balloon Landing 1957
Article from the Kettering Leader 31st Aug 1957, transcribed by Sally Crane Despite the wonders of jet-planes, rocket missiles and man-made satellites, an old-fashioned balloon caused a big sensation when it landed at Burton Latimer on Saturday. In our picture (right)...
Bailey/Stokes Farm Accident
Extract from Leeds Mercury Saturday 25 May 1861Washpit Farm, High Street where the accident took place (now the site of Sainsburys)A serious accident occurred at Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, last week, under the following peculiar circumstances. Jos Bailey,...
Arson Charge 1881
Extract from Northampton Mercury Publication dated:Saturday 19 March 1881 Harry Mason, Burton Latimer, was charged with setting fire to two straw stacks, the property of Mr E H Eady, at Burton Latimer on the 5th of March. Mr Heygate of Wellingborough, defended....
Arson Attack at School 1961
Article from the "Evening Telegraph" of Friday May 12 1961 , transcribed by Sally CraneThe old infants school where the fire was started Burton Latimer police were today searching for the “firebugs” who yesterday set fire to piles of books, desks and paintings and...
Alumasc Social Club Fire 2001
John Meads 2019Scene at the fire which destroyed the Alumasc Social Club, off Bridle Road, in 2001Evening Telegraph 20 February 2001 Clouds of thick black smoke could be seen up to five miles around Burton Latimer last night after the former Alumasc Sports and Social...
Accident at Coles Boot Co 1913
Newspaper extract from the Stamford Mercury - Friday 17 January 1913Accident at Coles Boot Co - On Thursday afternoon week a shocking accident occurred at Coles' boot factory, Burton Latimer. A painter in the employ of Mr O P Drever, of Kettering, who was at work...
Bishop Death 1978
Article from local newspaper date 12 April 1978 transcribed by Raylee Burton Clergyman Archibald Rollo Graham Campbell – critically injured in a snowstorm car crash – died in Kettering General Hospital last night. The Rt Rev Graham-Campbell, an Assistant Bishop...
Fire on A6 1984
Kettering Evening Telegraph 21st August 1984Firemen keep up the desperate fight to contain the flames as smoke and smut darken the skyTraffic grinds to a halt on the A6 as a fireman fights to save the hedgerowFlames whip through a farm trailer as the blaze takes hold...
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...