Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.Scene of Josiah Dent's stabbing.This 1890s photograph shows The Thatcher's Arms andMr James' garden wall mentioned in the account below.On Tuesday 21st September 1875 a fight took place near the Thatchers...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.The Thatcher's Arms,1905The Red Cow, 1929We have, unfortunately, no way of knowing the exact dates of the opening of Burton's pubs, and the best we can do is make use of the earliest references to them; these...
The names of Officers, Trustees and Members of the Committee found in the Annual Return made under the Friendly Society ActThe committee in in 1962. Seated in the centre is BernieWoods a former steward who was first mentioned on the1939 return and who served until...
From the Stamford Mercury 4 September 1857The Waterloo Victory InnOtherwise known as "The Round House" Thos. Charles Quincey, publican, was charged by Inspector Osborn with drawing beer on Sunday morning the 16th August. Mr. Rawlins appeared for the defendant. Harry...
The Waggon & Horses pubwhere the assault took placeNorthampton Mercury 15 January 1853 From the proceedings at the County Court. Tuesday Jan 11 1853. Before J. Collier Esq.. – James Stokes v Edward Dickens, Burton Latimer. Mr. Rawlings appeared for plaintiff, and...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.Association Link here!!Ron Thornton and his wife Betty who took over The Dukes Arms in 1946.William Norton,a native of Cranford St John,landlord at The Red Cow 1891-1911Elizabeth Newman, landlady of The Dukes...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.The Liberal Club was different from the other Clubs in Burton in that it was housed in part of the Burton Coffee House (pictured opposite), an unlicensed premises. What little we know about its history comes...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum,This 1910 photograph shows The Horse & Groom just to the leftof centre. The row of houses leading away from its left was knownas "Spring Gardens" but has long since been demolished.First mention of this...
John Meads 2017Mr. Tom Bird, Burton Ironstone Co.manager,who supported the applicationThe site today, on the corner of Woodcock Streetand Cranford Road Thomas Collings Parish Council chairman whoopposed the application A BURTON LATIMER REMOVAL REFUSED Northampton...
Article from Northampton Mercury dated Saturday 27th September 1879The last application was by Mr Rawlins, for an in-door beer license for Thomas Croxon of Burton Latimer. Mr Henry appeared for the Rev. T.B. Newman, rector of Burton Latimer, to oppose the application,...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum. Photograph c.2000.This inn-cum-farm on the Finedon to Thrapston Road just inside the parish of Burton Latimer on the S.E. side of Burton Wold was originally built in honour of the Duke of Wellington who was...
This Photograph was taken in 1927. Joseph Allen and family kept this off-licence and grocery on the corner of Finedon Road and Finedon Street for 25 years.Later the Walsh family ran it for 20 years. Edward Walsh and his father Frederick are seen here on the steps. It...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.The Waggon & Horses is shown in the middle of this photograph taken in the early 1900s. Kettering Road was not widened until the 1950s.The early history of the public house, known recently as “The “Waggon...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum and newspaper reports.The Thatcher's Arms, on the corner of Church Street and Meeting Lane, originated in the 18th Century. At one time it was officially designated a beer house and was not allowed to open on...
John Meads 2019This 1803 enclosure map shows where The Rose & Crown is thought to have been sited.The arrows show the modern road names. For a complete picture of this map click on the button below.The first clue we have as to the existence of The Rose & Crown...
Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.The Red Cow Inn in 1929One of the earliest references we have to The Red Cow is when mention was made of it in a criminal case dated 1836. Its landlord, Thomas Collins, gave evidence that three men, later...
Article compiled from material currently held in the BLHS archiveModern photograph of the Conservative Club in Church Streetcomplete with extension on the right.The Conservative Club was formed in 1912 and in its early days used to meet in the Old Constitutional Hall...
Kettering Evening Telegraph,June 1980 The winning punters from the Britannia Club 1980Racing enthusiasts from a Burton Latimer working men's club have won a national competition, and on Saturday they will enjoy their winnings - a champagne lunch and VIP seats at Epsom...
Association Link here!!The Britannia Club held a number of annual events, and one of the most popular was the open flower show, this also included categories for vegetables, cakes and pastries. The results were often reported in the local press, the following were...
Article compiled from material currently at the Museum.This mid 1970s photograph taken outside the Club shows some of the more senior members. Can you help with any missing names 1. Alf Knighton 9. 17. Fred Briggs 25. 33.Dennis Abbott(?) 2. Charlie Fox 10. Walter...
Red Cow Inn - 1929Waggon and Horses - 1990sDukes Arms - early 1900sWilliam Croxon 1879 Alfred Kitely 1881 When Cranford Road nearly got a pubThe Bell Dukes Arms Horse & Groom ("The Jockey") Red Cow Rose & Crown Thatchers Arms Waggon & Horses Waterloo...
Above left: The Red Cow in 1912. Frederick William Dicks, the licensee, with his wife Edith and eldest son Edward John (Ted). In commercial directories for 1906, 1910 & 1914 Frederick was also described as town crier. Ted Dicks was a window cleaner in later life....
Article from Wellingborough News 21 April 1899Opening of Britannia Working Mens Club 1899The growth of clubs in the country of late years has been almost phenomenal, and nowhere outside the Metropolis has there been such an addition to the numbers as in this part of...
Article compiled from material currently at the Museum. The Britannia Working Men's Club soon after its opening in 1899. The Britannia Working Men's Club, or The "Brit" as it is commonly known, began life in about 1895 in a former barn off the High Sreet that had been...
Article compiled from material currently at the Museum.This photograph of the High Street was taken in 1969.The arrow points out the premises formerly known as The Bell. Sadly, very little is known of The Bell. It seems to have been in existance during the first half...
Article compiled from material currently at the Museum.The premises of The Band Club in the High Street in the early 1900s. The figurein the doorway is probably Albert Toseland, its manager.The early history of The Band Club has been preserved for us in the Kettering...
Mrs Barbara Hobday admires John Cox's painting of The Flying Scotsman A Burton Latimer pub lost a bit of colour when a month-long exhibition ended yesterday, reported the Kettering Evening Telegraph in January 1982. Shoeworkers John Cox and Robert Pearce have been...
Article taken from The Evening Telegraph dated August 1923The death, which took place on Sunday at Kettering, of Mrs Elizabeth Phoebe Newman, formerly of Burton. The deceased lady, who was the second daughter of the late Mr James Ball, builder, of Wellingborough, took...
BURTON LATIMER, Northamptonshire To BREWERS, INNKEEPERS AND OTHERS TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY J. ROBINSON and SON (by order of Mrs WILLIAM BROWN,the proprietor at the Duke's Arms Inn, Burton Latimer) On MONDAY, SEPT 22ND 1890, at 6.30 for Seveno'clock in the Evening,...
Article compiled from material currently at the Museum with further contributions from Pat Roe (nee Cooke) and Johnnie Johnson This photograph of The Dukes Arms was taken in about 1905. Mention of The Dukes Arms is first found in a notice in the Northampton Mercury of...
Articles from the NorthamptonMercury dated September/October 1881The property known as Hipwells/The Grapevine in 1927The following statement was published in the Northampton Mercury during September 1881 by Alfred Kitely. Mr Kitely held a beer house license for the...
Original typed record of Sydney Giles' memories transcribed by Sarah GilbertBeing born in October 1916 my earliest recollection was a visit from the local Policemen requesting attention to a small chink of light showing through the Blackout as at that period of time...