If you are starting out in this fascinating and compelling hobby or if you are a seasoned genealogist we hope you will find something of interest here. Northamptonshire is an excellent place to live and work. Grendon hall in northamptonshire is an outdoor activity centre that provides the ideal venue for anyone, from schools through to businesses, who are looking for somewhere to take part in an adventure activity. Also, grendon has since enlarged and is currently at a population of circa. Northamptonshire, 1973, 241 legal this building is listed under the planning listed buildings and conservation areas act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. The hall was earmarked for possible closure in costcutting proposals tabled in december. Welcome to northamptonshire family history society we were founded in 1976 and have around 650 members, mainly from the uk but also many from overseas. Grendon ce primary school is consistently amongst the highest performing schools in northamptonshire with a strong reputation for innovative curriculum design. Daventry photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Yurt huts for those with disabilities at grendon hall. Everdon sp55ne little everdon 872 everdon hall ii country house. The three main reference books which are available at the record office and local studies are. It provides interactive mapping that allows you to find a variety of information.
Parish records contain many surprising details, such as long lists of small sums of money paid for dead sparrows and hedgehogs. A history of northamptonshire darwen county history. Fawsley, daventry, nn11 3ba, northamptonshire england. Grendon hall, northamptonshire the national archives. The village has a reference in the domesday book, where it is recorded that it. The first series was transmitted in the summer of 2010, and the second series in december 2011 and january 2012. Everdon, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history. The junior stafford rose to become sheriff of northamptonshire in 1566 and he needed a house commensurate with his social standing. Grendon hall is a grade ii listed building in grendon, northamptonshire, england. See also northamptonshire main page battles castles. Grendon hall, northampton, northamptonshire venue details. Kirby hall, northamptonshire historic northamptonshire guide.
The name of the village means green hill and today the village remains centr. Local and family history libraryplus northamptonshire county. Grendon hall ghost hunts paranormal eye ghost hunts. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of grendon. Battle of grendon wikisource, the free online library. A historic hall cumactivity centre will close because a council cannot afford to subsidise its running costs. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of. Newnham, a village and a parish in daventry district, northampton. Grendon, northamptonshire wikipedia republished wiki 2. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. Books about rushden area browse 32 photo books on rushden and the surrounding area. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. Everdon hall is a grade ii listed building in everdon, northamptonshire, england. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
The parish includes the tithing of little everdon, and the hamlet of snorscomb. Circumnavigatory glory followed and the rest is history. History of newnham, in daventry and northamptonshire map. Ideal venue for small birthday partys or events, includes kitchen and a small outdoor space and is very nicely decorated. If you have a local history site that you would like to be included on these pages please get in touch via the contact page.
The great hall and state rooms tours enable wonderful paintings, furniture and tapestries to be seen, but the size of the groups means that its necessary to peer around other visitors. Grendon is a small village and civil parish in rural northamptonshire, england on the borders of. Old owners and secrets of rushton hall rushton hall. Northamptonshire heritage enjoy northamptonshires heritage.
Grendon hall mostly dates back from the 17th century when it was rebuilt by general hatton compton, although certain earlier parts of this historic building date back to the 1570s. The county northamptonshire family history society. Kirby hall is an elizabethan country house, located near gretton, northamptonshire, england. The huts at grendon hall in northamptonshire will be available to disabled children, young. Northamptonshire archives and heritage service, northampton, northamptonshire. Northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and family history. Bookings to be made through june york email june21. Northamptonshire county council interactive mapping. Old grendon sometimes grendon is a village situated three miles 5 km west of atherstone and five miles 8 km east of tamworthit lies on the northwestern tip of warwickshire, divided from leicestershire by a small stream and by the river anker. Cashstrapped northamptonshire county council said it will close grendon hall with.
Many houses are made of the local limestone and various older thatched houses still survive. My faireys come from harrold in bedfordshire and grendon in northampton i have only just started compiling my family history and would be grateful if anyone out there has some info. Over the many years from staff and visitors there has been reports of strange ghostly footsteps, sudden drastic temperature changes cold spots to some point of seeing your own breathe. Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times. Instead we will reopen as soon as government advice allows and only when we can ensure the safety of our visitors and our staff and volunteers. Northamptonshire is in the very heart of england and offers something for everyone who visits or lives here. For statistics about grendon itself, go to units and statistics. The isham family were well established in northamptonshire since the medieval period, but it is really in the 16th century that the story of lamport hall begins. With excellent road and rail links its easy to find your way to the county often described as the rose of the shires. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. Glendon is a deserted village in the english county of northamptonshire. This service is based upon the councils geographic information system gis.
There have been many strange happenings inside this old unique hall. Feb 08, 2010 today the hall is the county youth centre used for residential training and outdoor education training and run by northamptonshire county council. Grendon hall, with 22 rooms of various sizes, spacious grounds including two smaller dwellings, a number of outbuildings, stables and the nissen hut barracks left over from the war, became an ideal location to house a boarding school for polish girls. The east front of grendon hall dates to the 18th century and has a threebay centre with twobay projections.
Bridges history and antiquities of northamptonshire published in 1790 although the material was gathered earlier. Discover centre at northamptonshire central library. This page was last edited on 29 january 2019, at 19. Its location was on land to the east of glendon hall, now within the parish of rushton. Northampton town hall in northampton, northamptonshire, eng designed by edward. Grendon is a small village in rural northamptonshire, england and is found on the borders of buckinghamshire and bedfordshire with many houses made of the local limestone. Popular outdoor activity centre grendon hall could be turned into a wedding venue after it closes. Northamptonshire heritage theres a discovery for everyone. Grendon hall hosts summer schools and training programmes offering courses including archery, abseiling, climbing and canoeing. A history of northamptonshire darwen county history s. A history of the county of northampton or, a history of northamptonshire. September 22, 2018 northampton, united kingdom caught up with kay aitken and andy hunt at the marathon walk, and presented them both with county commissioner commendations. Grendon, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history.
A history of northamptonshire darwen county history s hardcover january 1, 2000 by r. The living is a rectory in the diocese of lichfield. Grendon hall main road, grendon, northamptonshire, uk. Everdon, a village and a parish in northamptonshire, on a head stream of the river nen, 3 miles wsw from weedon station on the l. They decided to club together and raise funds to build a meeting place for the village.
Book your stay the finest hotel in northamptonshire today. Learn about the industries, trades, and forms of transport that shaped northamptonshire s history. Media in category grade ii listed buildings in northamptonshire the following 53 files are in this category, out of 53 total. A tudor founder, blind book collector, wayward 17thcentury grand tourist, eccentric victorian. Country hotels on par with rushton are few and far between. Please add to and improve this project of you wish to be involved without copying and pasting from external sources. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of grendon, in wellingborough and northamptonshire map and description, a vision of britain through time. Grendon, northamptonshire wikimili, the best wikipedia. He knew that he would not inherit his familys estates, so he made his mark as a mercer in london.
Whats on at the grendon hall in the coming weeks and months. Definitions of grendon, northamptonshire, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of grendon, northamptonshire, analogical dictionary of grendon, northamptonshire english. Neighbouring towns include rothwell, kettering, rushton and desborough. We currently have 10 books in this category in stock. The event was commemorated at the time by an unknown local poet. Today the hall is the county youth centre used for residential training and outdoor education training and run by northamptonshire county council. Much of northamptonshire s countryside appears to have remained somewhat intractable with regards to early human occupation, resulting in an apparently sparse population and relatively few finds from the palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic periods. Shuckburgh hall is a privately owned country house mansion at lower shuckburgh, near daventry.
Our website works best with the latest version of the browsers below, unfortunately your browser is not supported. Grendon village hall, local community, village activities, venue, hall rental. The 10 best grendon hotel deals apr 2020 tripadvisor. Books and journals gotch, j a, squires homes and other old buildings of northamptonshire, 1939, 38 pevsner, n, cherry, b, the buildings of england. Grendon hall, a fine large edifice, mainly rebuilt in 1825, is the seat of sir george chetwynd, bart. Grendon warwickshire family history guide parishmouse. It has a post and money order office under daventry. Nestled in the northamptonshire countryside, and yet only a short drive from the motorway network. Next to the present site of grendon hall, but on the other side of the brook is the site of a much earlier. Compiled from the manuscript collections of the late learned antiquary john bridges, esq. He was a lawyer and mp for northamptonshire for many years. And again, how did you trace the ives thread to quinton and then to great milton. His work has centred on the changing nature of workingclass political identities in liberal. Northamptonshire county council are meeting on the 23 february to decide if they will carry out the plans.
There are quoins, a hipped roof and an arched doorway. Grendon hall bf061911 archive volume royal commission. A history of the county of northampton british history. Luxury northampton hotel fawsley hall hand picked hotels.
The final impetus for kirby hall probably came in 1569, when elizabeth passed through northamptonshire and stayed at the neighbouring manor of deene park. Northamptonshire the memorial hall which is located opposite the village church was built due to the villagers of that time. Grendon house is a grade ii listed building in grendon, northamptonshire, england. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Grendon is a small village and civil parish in rural northamptonshire, england on the borders of bedfordshire and buckinghamshire. William was also the attorney general under henry v and three times the speaker of the house. It combines an excellent, modern infrastructure with a mixture of urban and delightful rural areas, a beautiful and diverse rural landscape, all within easy reach of affordable and pleasant residential areas. You are viewing all stock in the northamptonshire category. Robert pemberton 1461, first of the family which occupied the hall for 200 years, m. Northamptonshire county council says it has been subsidising the venue at a cost of up to.
John profumo, former minister of war, yesterday opened an exhibition at toynbee hall, aldgate, of 100 paintings and drawings by 40 past and present inmates of grendon prison. Buy a history of northamptonshire darwen county history 2nd revised edition by greenall, r l isbn. The activities centre includes facilities for groups interested in a corporate team building activity or meeting room hire. Explore our map by theme or search by place to find heritage sites to visit in northamptonshire. Covers the parishes in the hundreds of hamfordshoe, higham ferrers, orlingbury, spelhoe and wymersley, in the central part of the county. Everdon hall, everdon, northamptonshire history in structure. Coursed squared ironstone, some brick, slate roofs, stone end, ridge and internal stacks. Grendon, warwickshire near atherstone photos, maps, books and memories of grendon wrong place. It is a 17thcentury twostory house greatly altered in the 18th century, when the principal or east front, which has slightly projecting end wings, was rebuilt in corby and ketton stone. Houghton great, a parish in hardingstone district, northamptonshire. It includes an account of the parish of wellingborough. Rushden, northamptonshire photos, maps, books and memories of rushden. The hall, formerly the manorhouse, is on the north side of the village, near nether end, on the road to wollaston.
Rushden photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The village is mentioned in the domesday book when grendon formed part of the hundred of wymersley. Whether this is still the case i dont know, as grendon hall is now part of hmp springhill the open prison on the same site as grendon underwood. Glendon hall, rushton, northamptonshire history in structure. In 187072, john marius wilsons imperial gazetteer of england and wales described great houghton like this. Book about grafton regis history grafton regis northamptonshire. David hallis general editor of the northamptonshire record society and can be contacted via the societys website. Please join the project and add information if you can. Northampton, town and borough, administrative and historic county of. There are a number of books about the county and also for individual parishes. Lamport hall, northamptonshire historic northamptonshire guide. Investigation report grendon hall, northamptonshire.
Though a private manor, rushden hall, as early as the c appears to have been associated with officers of higham park or castle and later with john of gaunt, son of edward iii. People had the idea that hedgehogs would drink the milk from cows and that sparrows would eat the crops, so the parish would pay the poor, or children, to catch them. Visit the northamptonshire record office to see 800 years of northamptonshires family and local history. Yurt huts are created at grendon hall to provide overnight facilities for people with disabilities. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The village stands in a deep valley, surrounded by hills, 2 miles s s e of daventry, and 3. Enter your postcode or find a parish on the drop down. North by northamptonshire is a bbc radio 4 comedy, written by katherine jakeways, that takes place in northamptonshire. We hold a large collection of local and family history resources in our discover centre at.
Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of todays information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone. And its records from the formation until it proceeded. History, gazetteer and directory of northamptonshire by whellan william and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. History of grendon, in wellingborough and northamptonshire. Northamptonshire archives and heritage service northampton. When i was last there, there was a room with various items on display including a welrod. John ives marriedd to elizabeth wright in hughenden in 1722 was the same john ives born in 1691 in grendon underwood. Welcome to northamptonshire county councils online mapping service. Grendon hall main road, grendon, northamptonshire, uk pre. The schools unique approach to learning has received wide acclaim for rapidly improving standards, engaging children in learning and promoting global citizenship. Originally published by victoria county history, london, 1930. Went to see the performance of the gunpowder plot at boughton house and was impressed at just how atmospheric and dramatic the performance was. Shuckburgh hall daventry, northamptonshire landmark. The name of the village means green hill and today the village remains centred on the hill.