Northamptonshire

Known as the Rose of the Shires, the county is located in Central England in the East Midland region. As well as being famous for its shoemaking heritage, it is also home to Althorpe house, ancestral home of the Spencer family, Towcester racecourse and Silverstone race circuit. Northampton has a fine museum dedicated to the history of the boot & shoe industry which is well worth a visit. Much of the shoemaking industry is now gone, making way for modern day employment, such as Barclaycard. Other large employers- Avon Cosmetics and Express Lifts are also sadly gone and provided much needed employment for the town. Of 12 Memorial crosses to commemorate the route taken by Queen Eleanor to her final resting place in Lincolnshire, only 3 remain, Charing Cross, One In Geddington, near Kettering and the other in Northampton itself. The town of Corby, famed for its steel production, has a high percentage of inhabitants with Scottish ancestry and indeed holds a 'Highland Games' each year in honour of this.

John Dryden was born in the county and lived at Titchmarsh. Thomas Becket, the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, was tried at Northampton Castle in 1164. County town: Northampton Other major towns: Brackley, Corby, Daventry, Kettering, Wellingborough. Northamptonshire Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• County Record Office

• Northamptonshire Libraries and Information Service

• Northamptonshire Family History Society

• Northamptonshire Lookup-Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Alan Clarke's Northamptonshire Pages

• The CAMUS Project (Cambs & Northants)

• Black History in Northamptonshire

• Boot And Shoe Collection

• East Midlands Heritage

• Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer

• Northamptonshire & Soke of Peterborough Churches

• Northamptonshire Genealogy Links

• Northamptonshire.Net

• Northamptonshire Nonconformists

• Northamptonshire Old Families

• Northamptonshire Parish Data

• Northamptonshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets

• The Northamptonshire Regiment

• Phipps Brewery

• Surrey Plus Wills Index: Northants

• The Future of Northamptonshire History

• Town / Village Descriptions

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Abthorpe

• Achurch

• Families of Ashton

• Ashton Village

• Aynho, The Apricot Village

• Aynho

• Brackley Poor Law

• Blisworth Images and History

• Bozeat Village Website

• Brixworth History Society

• Burton Latimer - A Sense of Place

• Records - Cold Ashby

• Cold Higham Christening Records

• A History of the Village of Cottingham

• Culworth

• Desborough

• Duston and Upton Community - Local History

• A Personal Tour of Earls Barton

• Earls Barton

• Far Cotton, Northampton Roll of Honour

• Glapthorn Census 1841-1891 Index

• Grafton Regis A Place in the Country, A Place in the Country's History

• Great Doddington

• Gretton History

• Welcome to Helmdon

• Kettering War Memorial

• Long Buckby - A very Brief Village History

• Naseby Baptisms 1813-1864

• Northampton

• Northampton History

• Northampton History From Saxon Times to Modern Day

• Oundle Links

• Pattishall Marriage Records

• Paulespury

• Potterspury Village Website

• Preston Capes Parish Site

• Families of the Parish of Roade

• Rothwell's Long History

• Rushden Family History Society

• Rushden Research " Hearts & Soles"

• Rushden Historic Transport Society

• Rushden Town Guide

• Families of the Parish of Stoke Bruerne

• History of The Parish of Thorpe Mandeville

• Welcome to Titchmarsh

• Families of Towcester

• Walgrave Baptisms 1710-1878

• Warmington Village History Pages

• The Borough Council of Wellingborough

• The Parish of Wollaston with Strixton

• Northamptonshire Wills, Mainly Sulgrave

• Some of the Families of Yardley Hastings

Maps and Photographs

• Maps & Photographs of Northampton

• Photographs of the East Midlands

Register Office

County Registration Service

Northamptonshire County Council
PO Box 5594
Northampton
NN4 0WY

Tel: 01604 707907
Email: registrationservice@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Website links: County Register Offices

Corby Register Office

The Register Office
The Old Stables
Cottingham Road
Corby
NN17 1TD

Tel: 01536 203141
Email: corbyro@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Daventry Register Office

Lodge Road
Daventry
NN11 4FP

Tel: 01327 302209
Email: daventryro@northampton.gov.uk

Kettering Register Office

The Register Office
10 London Road
Kettering
NN15 7QU

Tel: 01536 514792
Email: ketteringro@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Northampton Register Office
The Guildhall
Northampton
NN1 1DE

Tel: 01604 745396
Email: northamptonro@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Oundle/Thrapston Register Office

The Old Courthouse
Mill Road
Oundle
Peterborough
PE8 4BW

Tel: 01832 273413
Email: oundlero@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Towcester/Brackley Register Office

Sunny Banks
55 Brackley Road
Towcester
NN12 6DH

Tel: 01327 350774
Email: towcesterro@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Wellingborough Register Office

Council Offices
Swanspool House
Wellingborough
NN8 1BP

Tel: 01933 231548/9
Email: wellingboroughro@northamptonshire.gov.uk

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