Sale notice from Northampton Mercury 3 March 1827 To be SOLD by AUCTION, By Messrs. Levet & Carrington, At the White Hart Inn, in Kettering, in the said County, on Tuesday the 13th Day of March, 1827, at Six o’clock in the Evening, subject to such Conditions of...
Researched and presented by Margaret CraddockBurton Wold, once referred to as the Old or Woalde, consisted of several hundred acres of common land to the southeast of the town that was administered by the church on behalf of the commoners, the vast majority of whom...
Article taken from an Evening Telegraph Special Agricultural supplement 24 May 1935A general view of Wallis' yard. The cottages in the background front onto the High Street.Burton Latimer Urban Council, was met by spirited opposition when its High Street slum...
Newspaper article from Kettering Evening Telegraph 4 October 2007 transcribed and presented by Margaret CraddockJohn Meads of Burton Latimer Heritage SocietyOne of the oldest pubs in the county could be lost to the drinking public after it was put up for sale. After...
Article taken from Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph dated March 18th 1976, transcribed by Raylee Burton.The pub with no beer - at the moment. But it is being soldcomplete with licence if the spirit moves you...Many men dream of the day they can live in a pub,...
Northampton Mercury 12 September 1890 Mrs. Sophia Orlebar's residence is now known as159 High Street. Whilst here, Mrs. Orlebar and familywere generous benefactors and were the force behindthe provision of a Church Mission Room and theCoffee Tavern. After Mrs. Orlebar...
Transcribed by Janet Meads 2016 This 1923 aerial photograph shows a block of properties with the longmalthouse prominent on the left. This and the surrounding propertiesare all mentioned in a series of indentures and wills now owned byBurton Latimer Heritage Society....
Extract from Northants Evening Telegraph Friday 6 October Messrs Berry and Bagshaw conducted an important sale of property and land at the Red Cow Inn last (Thursday) night, before a good company. The Burton windmill on the Cranford Road, with the house and cottage...
Original article by Douglas Ashby 1982, transcribed by Sarah GilbertAerial view taken 1923 depicting Preston Memorial HallThe recent demolition of the Preston Hall has removed from the scene a building that stood for 91 years and in its hey day played an important...
Richard PadnamThomas PlowrightRalph JohnsonThomas Glover (tithingman)William Glover (alehouse)Thomas EvertonTimothy BellamyJohn WaklynRichard PalmerJohn DowningMichael SareRichard BrabrookeWilliam PrinceHenry BridgeMathew TaylorJoan Yeat widowJohn PercivallJohn...
Thomas PlowrightFrancis MulshoRobert DowningRichard PadnamHenry MasonWilliam James (herdward)William WakelynHenry ParsonsRobert AshtonHenry BridgeMathew TaylorRichard PalmerWilliam CorvillThomas HoughtonJohn EyreJohn PechamTobias GreeneEdward Hunter George...
Blanche Woolston widowJohn WakelynWilliam PrynceRobert DowningThomas GloverWilliam JamesNicholas ParkerRalph JohnsonRichard Bett (alehouse)Thomas WestlynWilliam SyssonJohn PlowrightJohn Baxter gentLaurence Swetenham (baker)William Medowes (baker) Nicholas ParkerRobert...
A series of Evening Telegraph Articles, 1968-73The old schoolhouse - late 60'sThe old schoolhouse after renovation - 1973The Jacobean Schoolhouse was completed in 1622. This was home to the free school originally founded in 1587 by Thomas and Margaret Burbanke in 1587...
Researched and presented by Margaret CraddockCommon Land (a common) is an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times, owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as...
Article by Douglas AshbyFern Bank, Church Lane, c.1888t the gate stands the housekeeper, Hannah Williamson. This property with its long garden was for many years the home of several unmarried Harpur ladies. Miss Ellen Harpur who died in 1896 was followed by her niece...
Researched by Janet Meads. Latin translations by Jacqui Minchington.Manors in early times were not something that one could purchase at will. After the Norman Conquest, William granted lands to his most loyal men as a reward for their valour and their support, the...
Indexed by Kay Collins from Documents at Northants Record OfficeThe listings are by parish, grouped by Hundreds, and give Proprietor and Occupier together with the amount of tax paid. Where a redemption is mentioned (e.g. Cold Ashby) these are marked "r" in the status...
An early 1900s postcard of Isham Mill in its heydayUnder the headlines: ISHAM MILL ACTION - RESCISSION OF AGREEMENT SOUGHT - "APPALLING SWAMP" the following report appeared in the Northampton Mercury on 4th February 1938. The defendants were two prominent Burton...
Original documents at the Northamptonshire Record Office. Transcribed by Maureen Moore.The Lay Subsidy was a form of national taxation that was imposed by government as early as the thirteenth century. Most subsidies reveal only the monies collected, although the...
Article by Douglas Ashby for Parish Magazine, August 1999Today much pleasure is derived from visiting beautiful gardens: some laid out in the days when families of means could employ several gardeners whose expertise and dedication ensured their efforts would be...
Feature researched and compiled by John PeckCottage Homes - in about 1905Same view hundred years laterFollowing the Poor Law Act of 1834 many changes took place later in the century in the treatment of those in extreme poverty. Chief among these was the construction...
List compiled by Janet Meads 2005 For an explanation of the Hearth Tax - click here Edmund Bacon Esq 12 Richard Ashley 2 Mr. Beck 7 Widow Joyes 1 Widow Kennell 3 Edward Eady 2 William Leigh 2 Mr Francis Robinson 3 William Eady 2 John Hopkins 5 Edward Powers 3 John...
Article and illustrations by Janet Meads 2005In 1662, during the reign of Charles II, a hearth tax was levied which lasted until 1689. Persons with houses valued less than 20 shillings per annum were exempt from paying, as were those in receipt of poor relief. The...
Newspaper article from 1956, transcribed by Sally CraneThe local craze for coffee-houses may belong, more properly, to the eighteenth century than to the present day. The people of Burton Latimer opened one in 1898 in the building that now serves the town as a post...
Original Article by Douglas Ashby, transcribed by Karen HadleyThe case for part of the town being declared a Conservation Area was first made in 1979. The application is transcribed below:1. Burton has always been its name and is probably derived from Bury or Bury...
Transcribed by Janet Meads 2016 This 1923 aerial photograph shows a block of properties with the longmalthouse prominent on the left. This and the surrounding propertiesare all mentioned in a series of indentures and wills now owned byBurton Latimer Heritage Society....
Advertisement taken from local newspaper dated April 1975A substantial family house of character, dating in part from the 17th Century, with delightful grounds of about 2 acres. The position offers seclusion combined with extreme ease of access to local amenities,...
Summary researched and compiled by John MeadsLatimer ShieldPlessy ShieldTo say that details regarding the ownership of the two Burton Latimer manors following the Norman Conquest are unclear would be an understatement. Suffice to say that in the course of generations...
Presented by Margaret CraddockThe Yews pictured in 1914This is a mid-18th century large twin-gabled property with later alterations. It is constructed from coursed rubble with ironstone bands, a slate roof with coped gables and 19th century yellow brick ridge and end...
Researched by John Meads 2007Osborne House in the 1980sThe marriage took place at Burton Latimer St Mary’s Church on 14th February 1862 of Ann Wignell, aged 38, daughter of Edward Wignell, a butcher, farmer and grazier and James Osborne, aged 36, the son of Samuel...
Article taken from The Northamptonshire Advertiser dated 26th February 1971, transcribed by Raylee Burton.Editor's note:Despite the lurid headline,which in fact refers to a house in Brigstock,the bulk of this article refers to Nutcracker Cottage.Nutcracker Cottage,...
Offers in excess of £280,000 are being invited for this superb five bedroomed stone built detached residence, The Limes, Meeting Lane, Burton Latimer, featured above and below. Built of local stone under a pantiled roof approximately 300 years ago, the property has...
Article from Herald & Post 2nd April 1998Shop on corner of Kettering Road and Bakehouse LaneThe controversial plan which would see affordable housing built on Bakehouse Lane in Burton Latimer was given the go ahead at a Kettering Borough Council meeting last...
Transcribed from the original article by Douglas AshbyA 1960s aerial view of the Manor House and the Parish ChurchAn old chronicler records the following: “There are no tumuli or ancient sepulchral mounds known in Burton. There is, however, some broken ground having...
Magazine article written by Sally Drysdale by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Michael CollcuttIsebrook Cottage viewed from the IsebrookEditor's Note: Although strictly speaking Isebrook Cottage is not Burtonian, much of its history is closely related to events in Burton...
Article from local newspaper dated 6 October 1988Protesting residents from Windmill Cottages L to R: Denise Scott and daughter, Charlotte, Susan Gregory and daughter, Harriet, Alexandra Gregory and Ronald Wheatley Outraged residents today vowed to fight plans for a...
Article from local newspaper dated 24 August 1978 transcribed by Raylee BurtonThe row of derelict houses before getting a new lease of lifeA terrace of five derelict cottages near Burton Latimer is to be given a new lease of life at an estimated cost of over £56,000....
Article from a local newspaper, January 1975, transcribed by Raylee BurtonWindmill Cottages, Cranford RoadA terrace of five dilapidated cottages may soon be given a new lease of life. A facelift scheme for the cottages in Cranford Road, Burton Latimer, was approved by...
Article from the Evening Telegraph, 5 August 1975 transcribed by Raylee BurtonA top breeder of borzois who kept kennels at Barton Seagrave for almost 50 years, has died. Mrs Eleanor Harpur, formerly of The Kennels, S. Botolph's Road, Barton Seagrave, died at the...
Article from: “Evening Telegraph” Thursday 7th June, 1973 transcribed by Raylee BurtonMrs Harpur and her dogsA 73-year-old dog breeder broke down and cried before magistrates yesterday when she was banned from keeping dogs, following the discovery of three underfed...
Article from Sunday People, 2 October 1966Breeder, Mrs Harpur, proudly displays one of her top dogs. But the background is hardly a matter for pride. The broken-down wash-houses and latrines are now her "kennels". They call it "the Dog's Charter" - the bright, new...
Article from local newspaper dated 1960, transcribed by Sally CraneIf the only remaining inhabitants of Windmill Cottages, Burton Latimer, ate his food from a saucer, slept on sawdust and pushed open doors with his nose, he would be keeping up with the Joneses,...
Article researched by John MeadsAlthough the existence of a windmill in Cranford Road has been known since the Enclosure Award map of 1803 and its inclusion on Bryant’s map of 1826, evidence of the presence of “Windmill Cottages” is more difficult to find.Enclosure...
Report from the Kettering Evening Telegraph, January 17th 1980The site in questionSeven families may lose their caravan homes unless an appeal to the Government succeeds. The mobile homes on Thatchers' Caravan Site in Meeting Lane , Burton Latimer, were the subject of...
Report from the Kettering Evening Telegraph, March 3rd 1980Caravan dwellers say a Government decision to close their site will bring hardship and cash loss. Six families will have to move from the Meeting Lane site in Burton Latimer at the end of next year. An appeal...
An Article from "The Advertiser" dated January 1960 transcribed by Sally CraneCaravan Site at Park Road, Burton Latimer in 1960If you live in a caravan at Burton Latimer you do not stand a chance of getting a council house. That, say caravan dwellers in the town, is...
Transcribed from an article in the Northants Evening Telegraph, published April 8, 1952The pleasing exterior of the caravanTucked away in a paddock beside a stream just outside Burton Latimer is the latest thing in houses. It is the Latimer Mobile Home, named after...
Locations in Burton where residential caravans have been sitedIn the popular press, caravan sites - leaving aside the thorny issue of Travellers - are generally portrayed as one of three types: those used for temporary holiday accommodation near the coast; those run...
Article taken from letters column of local newspaper dated 25th April 1990.The picture of the old Burton Latimer railway station brought back memories of my boyhood and from my experiences this station was the lifeline for Burton Latimer and the outlying villages....
Article taken from the Kettering Evening Telegraph dated July 26th 1999Burton Latimer's Station house - now a private residence.Living in a house where trains regularly run by the window may not be everybody's idea of fun. But passenger trains passing the Station...