Towcester and District Local History Society
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- Programme of Monthly Meetings
- About the Society
- Publications produced by the History Society
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- Copyright information
- External Links to Roman Towcester, Towcester History, People, Organisations and Buildings.
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.
- Extracts on Towcester from Whellan's History of Northamptonshire (1849 edition)
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
- St. Lawrence Church
- 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
- People of St. Lawrence Church
- 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 and St.Lawrence's Church
- Easton Neston House and Towcester Mill
- The Post Office and The Chantry House
- The Town Hall and timber framed Elizabethan buildings
- The Saracen's Head and Sponne Arch
- The Union Workhouse and the Chain Gate
- Towcester Cinema
- Bury Mount
- Introduction
- The Story
- As it was
- Views of Bury Mount
- Views from the top
- Restoration Project
- Stone insets with historic events
- The top 15 historic events in Towcester
- Time Line Chronology
- Towcester Mill
- Other Buildings
Nineteenth Century Directories
- Employment in Towcester in 1849 and 1877
- Introduction
- 1849 employment, sorted by name
- 1849 employment, sorted by job
- 1877 employment, sorted by name
- 1877 employment, sorted by job
- Inns and Public Houses in and near Towcester in 1877 and 1898
- Towcester Buildings with names of tenants and landlords in 1855
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
- Burials sorted by serial number (date)
- Burials sorted by plot letter (location)
- Christenings (1714-1777) with surnames beginning with
- Introduction
- [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [R] [S] [T] [U,V] [W] [?]
- Marriages (1714-1751) with surnames beginning with
- Burials (1678-1725) with surnames beginning with
- Wills (1724-1856) with surnames beginning with
- Gravestone inscriptions in St. Lawrence's Churchyard
- Memorial Lists
- [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]
