The Societies publications are available for purchase
- at any meeting
of the Society;
- by post (contact
us);
- in person from Towcester Tea Rooms, 169, Watling Street West, Towcester, Telephone 01327 358200
"Towcester - The Story of an English country town"
Published 1995 ISBN 0 9524619 1 9
Hardback 310pp £12.50
Edited by John Sunderland and Margaret Webb.
Chapters on Towcester in pre-historic times, the Roman period, the Dark Ages, Anglo Saxon, Medieval, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian and Modern Towcester
"Old Towcester in Camera"
Booklet of 50 old photographs, plus line drawings. £3.00
Reprinted spring 2000
Reprinted September 2006
"Old Towcester in Camera - No 2"
A second booklet of 50 old photographs, plus line drawings. £2.50
Reprinted September 2006
"Old Towcester in Camera - No 3"
A third booklet of old photographs, plus line drawings. Many "then and now " images with text describing the changes in Towcester. Plus two old aerial photographs . £3.50
First published March 2007. ISBN 0 9524619 2 7
"Towcester Memories of the
"Slow, Miserable and Jolty" (Stratford & Midland
Junction Railway" by Robert Stevens
ISBN 0 9524619 0 0 36pp Reprinted 1999 £3.00
A collection of childhood memories of Towcester Railway
Station, covering its history from 1938 until the 1950s. With
photographs, maps and line drawings.
"Wartime Memories 1939-1945"
64 pages, A4 size Published Nov 1999 Reprinted 2003. £4.25
This compilation records the authentic memories of people who
lived in Towcester and the area in the years of the Second World
War.
"A Towcester Trail"
Walking guide to the buildings of interest in Towcester.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Single sheet leaflet, A3 size. 25p.
"Roll of Honour"
A replica of the Roll of Honour in St. Lawrence's Church, Towcester.
Single sheet, A4 in a protective cover. 40p.
"Towcester's Industrial Archaeology"
This walking guide highlights twelve sites related to the industrial archaeology of Towcester. There is a map showing where these sites are, and each has a photograph and a paragraph of information.
The leaflet is No. 1 in the series "Discovering Towcester".
First published in October 2005.
Folded A3 sheet. 70p.
"Bury Mount Castle, Towcester, Northamptonshire"
Bury Mount Castle is a large mound hidden at the back of Watling Street. The booklet includes a reconstruction of how the castle may have appeared circa 1150 when it controlled the strategic junction of Watling Street and the long distance route from Southampton to Stamford. Its history is covered from Roman times up to 2005, when it was acquired by the South Northamptonshire Council.
The leaflet is No. 2 in the series "Discovering Towcester".
First published in September 2006. A5 booklet, 8 pages. 75p.
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