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...
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,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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...