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Long-awaited volume for the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire covers the 6 parishes in Towcester Hundred including the historic market town of Towcester.
This contribution to the Red Book series is the eighth volume of the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire. It provides accounts of Towcester hundred, encompassing 6 parishes including the historic market town of Towcester. The rolling landscape is punctuated by dispersed villages that form the hundred with each settlement linked to the Roman Watling Street that traverses the full length of the hundred. Towcester's history is inextricably linked to this transport corridor, with an important coaching trade emerging in the 17th and 18th centuries. The hundred had a notable range of localised industries by the 1800s, including shoemaking, lacemaking and framework knitting. Its predominantly agricultural landscape was interrupted by the coming of the Grand Union Canal and railway in the 19th century, bringing industry, manufacture and expansion.
This contribution to the Red Book series is the eighth volume of the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire. It provides accounts of Towcester hundred, encompassing 6 parishes including the historic market town of Towcester. The rolling landscape is punctuated by dispersed villages that form the hundred with each settlement linked to the Roman Watling Street that traverses the full length of the hundred. Towcester's history is inextricably linked to this transport corridor, with an important coaching trade emerging in the 17th and 18th centuries. The hundred had a notable range of localised industries by the 1800s, including shoemaking, lacemaking and framework knitting. Its predominantly agricultural landscape was interrupted by the coming of the Grand Union Canal and railway in the 19th century, bringing industry, manufacture and expansion.
Price: $140.00
Pages: 350
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Victoria County History
Publication Date:
03 March 2026
Trim Size: 12.01 X 8.27 in
ISBN: 9781904356592
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, European history, Archaeology
TOWCESTER HUNDRED
Stephanie Carter
PARISH HISTORIES
TOWCESTER
Stephanie Carter with principal contributions from Hannah Ingram, David Lepine and Charlotte Young
ABTHORPE
Mark Page
COLD HIGHAM
Charlotte Young with contributions from Karen Averby
GAYTON
Stephanie Carter with contributions from Karen Averby
PATTISHALL
Hannah Ingram with contributions from Karen Averby, Colin Chapman, Iris Illingworth and Roger Morris
TIFFIELD
Hannah Ingram with contributions from Karen Averby
List of Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Index
Stephanie Carter
PARISH HISTORIES
TOWCESTER
Stephanie Carter with principal contributions from Hannah Ingram, David Lepine and Charlotte Young
ABTHORPE
Mark Page
COLD HIGHAM
Charlotte Young with contributions from Karen Averby
GAYTON
Stephanie Carter with contributions from Karen Averby
PATTISHALL
Hannah Ingram with contributions from Karen Averby, Colin Chapman, Iris Illingworth and Roger Morris
TIFFIELD
Hannah Ingram with contributions from Karen Averby
List of Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Index