Northamptonshire offers stunning countryside, world class gardens, magnificent historic houses & churches, F1 Motorsport and award winning regional theatre.
However, again, it is the touches like the wool quilt, made of scraps to keep the occupant of the bedroom hung with fine tapestries warm, and the bucket to collect the drips from the leaking ceiling, that bring life in the house to reality. I love the fact that this chair was so w...
Historic Equitation Ltd was created and is managed by Dominic Sewell. Now based in Northamptonshire, Dominic keeps a full compliment of predominantly Iberian horses that he trains and schools according to classical methods. As a young boy growing up in the historic town of Barnard Castle, Dominic ...
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Byline: Alison JonesInigo Jones (1573-1652) was the famous architect responsible for the Banqueting House in Whitehall and the original layout for Covent Garden Square.One of his designs that was built somewhat farther north was the first Knowle Hall, in Kenilworth Road, Knowle. He undertook ...
government functions to a single district council. Such unitary authorities have generally been given the style ‘council’ rather than ‘county council’. Many make entirely appropriate, qualified use of an historic county name, e.g. ‘Central Bedfordshire Council’, ‘North Northamptonshire Council...
Clayton was born in Northamptonshire, the son of a carpenter, but he acquired a fortune as a Scrivener (bill discounter) in the City of London, essentially a practice of taking on debts at a discount and then either making back the money on interest or foreclosing if the debtor could not...
Private Asylum,1813opened by Dr Charles Finch for 75 first class patients in Fisherton House. Formerly seems to have belonged to Charles’s father, Dr William Finch. Throughout the 19thcentury run by family. In 1779 had purchased nearby asylum, Laverstock House, also had two in London, Kensi...
Canons Ashby House About NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY Elizabethan Manor House, home of the Dryden family. Unaltered since 1710. A grand church is all that remains of the Augustinian Priory (Exhibiton in Church). Interesting formal garden. Open: Saturday to Wednesday 23 March - 2 November...
In 1486 William Parr's widow remarried and left Kendal for Northamptonshire. The castle fell out of use, and stone was used for building projects in the town below. By 1572 the castle was in a state of decay. Records from that time say that 'all is in a state of dilapidation'. It ...