At the heart of rural Northamptonshire sits this triangle of houses surrounded by farmland. It is an ordinary yet idyllic spot and quintessentially English but it was here that Edward the IV married Elizabeth Woodville that Henry the VIII built his favourite palace and hunting lodge that Royalists and Parliamentarians drew the line in the Civil War and that Lacemaker sold their work to the passing travellers as they journeyed from Northampton to London.
The area provides a fascinating insight into the history of transport including within its boundaries a major turnpike, road Watling Street, the Grand Union Canal and the London to Birmingham railway line.

Grafton Regis movie


Intro Music Scepted Isle 4 by Ian Hughes

The Estate Villages
Whilst Grafton Regis is the focus of the project the estate, records have also revealed papers concerned with the villages of Abthorpe; Alderton; Ashton; Blakesley; Blisworth; Cold Higham; Darlscote; Greens Norton; Grimscote; Hartwell; Heathencote; Paulerspury; Potterspury; Roade; Shutlanger; Silverstone; Stoke Bruerne; Towcester; Wakefield; Yardley Gobion; and to a lesser extent, Cosgrove; Furtho; and Potcote; Old Stratford; Passenham & and Deanshanger; Quinton and Whittlebury. Records from each village are included together with maps and photographs where available.