Its gold wire beads and pendents set with garnets reflect a mixture of mediterranean and continental fashions. Desborough, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history. Photographs and images of churches in northamptonshire. Books by william desborough cooley author of the memoir. People from desborough, people from kettering, people from rothwell, northamptonshire, jim dale. The desborough necklace illustration ancient history. Desborough photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The world famous firm of joseph cheaney and sons ltd. Rothwell is a small market town in the kettering district of northamptonshire, england. Tom bingham corby northants has uploaded 2266 photos to flickr. The tree is still there under the family tab and i update it from time to time as more information comes online. Desborough is a town in northamptonshire, england, located in the ise valley between market harborough and kettering. Desborough, northamptonshire, etc by desborough england book 1 edition published. If you are interested in history, you should visit st.
Economic history england desborough great britain inclosures land tenurelaw and legislation. The people information about individuals census transcriptions. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Desborough library is now a community managed library managed by desborough library and community hub and run on a day to day basis by a team of volunteers. Lingerie is still made there, but the factory is no longer owned by the coop. Daventry, east northamptonshire, south northamptonshire, and the. Including the borough towns of wycombe and marlow, and sixteen parishes. Guide to desborough, northamptonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Article dates from 18051963, and is found in footprints, northamptonshire family history society magazine, vol. Rodewelle mentioned in the domesday book 108686 sourcerothwell, northamptonshire carries old history that possibly connects the town with anglosaxon but still, a concrete evidence may require supporting this fact. Local photo books about desborough from francis frith.
The obituary was featured in northamptonshire telegraph on april 23, 2020. A family story started life as a personal family tree. Explore tom bingham corby northants photos on flickr. Peter desborough passed away in northampton, northamptonshire.
History of desborough desborough is a rapidly expanding and changing town situated in northamptonshire, with 8045 electors february 2016. Desborough heritage centre houses displays covering the history of desborough from very early settlements to the 19th and 20th centuries. Desborough a study of its people through the ages menu. To learn more about cookies and their benefits, please view our cookie usage statement. Peter desborough obituary northampton, northamptonshire. Northamptonshire, administrative and historic county in the east midlands of england. Domesday book 1086 refers to desborough as a place of judgement. Desborough heritage centre, northants desborough history. The economy of desborough mainly blossomed due to the spinning and weaving industries, specialising in silk by the nineteenth century. Rothwell, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history. The administrative county comprises seven districts.
Funeral home services for peter are being provided by the cooperative funeralcare kettering. Desborough is a town in northamptonshire, england, located in the ise valley between market. Joseph cheaney and sons, desborough 91022 historic. The site of a former military airfield, opened in 1943 and closed in 1946. Desborough, northamptonshire genealogy familysearch. It was a royal air force bomber command base during world war two, and was used by 84 operational training unit until 1945.
A place to show all those old photographs of desborough, especially of desborough families, from when photography started. I am available to give illustrated talks on local history, travel and other subjects these can be slide shows, illustrated talks andor audio visual presentations. Browse 34 photo books on desborough and the surrounding area. It explains what cookies are and how we use them on our site. Desborough library community managed northamptonshire. The inclusion of a cross pendent reflects the influence of christianity on anglosaxon culture during a time of changing religious beliefs. Relics of the towns history include part of an anglosaxon cross carved from stone, a tudor rood screen, and reminders of the english civil war. Image representing associated link for renew your books. I am mike stroud and i am a local historian who has been published and broadcast, with an interest in the industrial heritage of desborough and north northamptonshire and south leicestershire and the history. Peter bailey passed away in kettering, northamptonshire.
William desborough cooleys most popular book is the memoir on the lake regions of e. History antiquities hundred desborough deanery wycombe. A site was found at a former ice cream depot in desborough, northants. Desborough, northamptonshire photos, maps, books and memories of desborough everything old photos old maps books memories nearby places. This necklace, found in a womans grave, is the finest of its kind to survive from anglosaxon england. The family moved around leicestershire, to oadby, northamptonshire, desborough, rothwell, and long yard. The history and antiquities of the hundred of desborough, and deanery of wycombe, in buckinghamshire. A social history of the gamer revolt paperback august 20, 2017 by james desborough author visit amazons james desborough page. Give details of my talks on heritage, history, travel audiovisual and slide shows. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. From 1868 desborough has had 29 boot and shoe factories of which cheaneys, founded in 1886, remains. Some of these may have been contained in an ironbound wooden box bm. Desborough, northamptonshire genealogy site with description, census transcripts, parish records, and many other. Come in and look around, or spend some time, if you wish, chatting to the museums enthusiastic volunteers about desborough history.
I should perhaps have added that this lettering is very similar to that on the cooperative bakery in kettering, which i spotted a while back. The 5 best things to do in desborough 2020 with photos. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Desborough, a village and a parish in northamptonshire. A history of desborough in northamptonshire book, 1910.
William desborough cooley has 50 books on goodreads with 21 ratings. Rothwell, a small town and a parish in northamptonshire. Official website for the desborough heritage centre and desborough civic society, station road, desborough, northants. Desborough is a town in northamptonshire, england, located in the ise. It was an industrial centre for weaving and shoemaking in the 19th century, and had a long association with the cooperative movement.