Towcester and District Local History Society

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History of Towcester

• A History of Towcester (1795) by Rev Francis Meek
• A History of Towcester (1849) by William Whellan and Co.
• A History of Towcester (1930) Edited by Arthur Mee
• A History of Towcester (1998) by John Sunderland
• Towcester time-line chronology or what happened in Towcester century by century.
  
• [11c]   [12c]   [13c]   [14c]   [15c]   [16c]   [17c]   [18c]   [19c]   [20c]   [21c]
• Extracts on Towcester from Whellan's History of Northamptonshire (1849 edition)
• Introduction  
• Towcester Hundred 1849  
• Towcester Parish 1849  
• Towcester Antiquities 1849  
• Towcester Town 1849  
• Towcester Charities 1849  
• Towcester Directory 1849

Towcester People

• Archdeacon William Sponne (13xx-1448) after whom "Sponne School, Towcester" is named.
• Pope Boniface VIII was Rector of Towcester.
• Towcestrian Richard Empson was executed by Henry VIII.
• James Mason Hutchings founded the Yosemite National Park in the USA.
• Gilbert Flesher built the house that is now the Post Office in 1799.
• Walter and Daniel Prestidge, watch and clock makers.
• David Sharp was a famous 19th century entymologist.

Towcester Places

• Sponne School - Towcester Grammar School
• Introduction  
• Time Line Chronology  
• Dispute in 1890  
• JohnWetherell  
• Fire in 1923  
• New building 1980
• St. Lawrence Church
• Introduction
• Sources and acknowledgements  
• Glossary of words relating to church architecture  
• Tour of St. Lawrence Church
• [Start_of_tour]   [Exterior_Views]   [Interior_Views]   [Tower]   [West_Door]   [South_Porch]   [Chancel]   [Chancel_Arch]  [Chantry_Arch]   [Crypt]    [Font]   [Nave]   [Organ]   [Pulpit]   [Sponne_Tomb]   [Sponne_Chapel]   [Sponne_Altar]   [West_Window]   [East_Window]   [Window_1]   [Window_2]   [Window_3]   [Window_5]   [Boer_War]   [War_Memorials]   [Parish_Chest]   [Roman_Flooring]   [Glynnes_notes]
• History of St. Lawrence Church
• [Introduction]   [Chronology]   [Roman]   [Saxon]  
  [13c]   [14c]   [15c]   [16c]   [17c]   [18c]   [19c]   [20c]
• People of St. Lawrence Church
• The Clergy  
• The pew holders  
• Benefactors and donors  
• Monuments and inscriptions  
• Brasses
• Historic Buildings identified by Plaques
• Introduction
• National School 1849 - Shops
• Roman Wall AD 170 - Meeting Lane
• Towcester Studio 1903 - Brackley Road
• North End Baptist Chapel 1853 - Gowlings Carpets
• Bickerstaffes Almshouse date and Towcester Cinema date - Richmond Court
• John Jenkinson Bank 1781 - HSBC Bank
• Towcester Town in Drawings
• Market Square; St.Lawrence Church; Easton Neston House; Towcester Mill
• The Post Office; The Chantry House; The Town Hall; timber framed Elizabethan buildings
• The Saracen's Head; Sponne Arch; The Union Workhouse; The Town Hall
• The Chain Gate; Watling Street South; The Catholic Church
• Towcester Cinema
• Beginnings  
• The Building  
• The Equipment  
• People and events  
• Decline  
• Acknowledgements
• Bury Mount
• Introduction  
• Stone insets with historic events  
• The top 15 historic events in Towcester  
• Time Line Chronology
• Towcester Mill
  
  • Introduction  
  • Time Line Chronology  
  • The Machinery  
  • The Fire of 1911  
  • 1998 Newspaper Article
• Other Buildings
• The Bell Inn
• Plank House

Nineteenth Century Directories

• Employment in Towcester in 1849 and 1877
• 1849 employment, sorted by job  
• 1849 employment, sorted by name  
• 1877 employment, sorted by name  
• 1877 employment, sorted by job
• Inns and Public Houses in and near Towcester in 1877 and 1898
• Inns 1877 and 1879 sorted by name of the Inn
• Inns 1877 and 1879 sorted by village/town
• Towcester Buildings with names of tenants and landlords in 1855
• Introduction to the Towcester Rate Book, 1855
• Sorted by the Index number of the property
  [1-100]   [100-199]   [200-299]   [300-399]   [400-499]   [500-640]
• Sorted by the Occupier of the property
  [A-C]   [D-G]   [H-K]   [L-P]   [R-U]   [V-Y]
• Sorted by the Owner of the property
  [A-D]   [E]   [F-J]   [K-S]   [T-W]

Family History Resources

• Introduction to Family History resources


• Introduction to Towcester Cemetery (1885-1939)
• Plan of the Cemetery with plot numbering
• Typical photograph of a memorial stone and its inscription (one of over 350 similar)
• Burials sorted by name
[A]    [B]    [C]    [D]    [E]    [F]    [G]    [H]    [IJ]    [K]    [L]    [M]    [N]    [O]    [P]    [R]    [S]    [T]    [UV]    [W]    [Y]   [unknown]
• Burials sorted by serial number (date)
[1_100]    [100_200]   [200_300]    [300_400]    [400_500]    [500_600]    [600_700]    [700_800]    [800_900]    [900_1000]    [1000_1100]    [1100_1200]    [1200_1300]    [1300_1400]    [1400_1500]    [1500_1600]    [1600_1700]    [1700_1800]    [1800_1900]    [1900_2000]    [2000_2100]    [2100_2123]  
• Burials sorted by plot letter (location)
  
[A]   [B]   [C]   [D]   [E]   [F]   [G]   [H]   [I]   [J]   [K]   [L]   [M]   [N]   [O]   [P]   [Q]   [R]   [abcdef]   [missing_or_illegible]

• Introduction
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• Introduction
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• Introduction
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• Introduction
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List of inscriptions

• St. Lawrence's Church - The Roll of Honour
• Names on the Roll of Honour sorted alphabetically
• Names on the Roll of Honour sorted by Regiment