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Towcester and District Local History Society

• Contact us by email, telephone or post
• Programme of Monthly Meetings
• About the Society
• Publications produced by the History Society
• Site Map
• Copyright information
• Links to Roman Towcester, Towcester History, People, Organisations and Buildings.

History of Towcester

• John Sunderland's History of Towcester
• Brian Giggin's Towcester Chronology or what happened in Towcester century by century.
  
• [11c]   [12c]   [13c]   [14c]   [15c]   [16c]   [17c]   [18c]   [19c]   [20c]
• Extracts on Towcester from Whellan's 1849 History of Northamptonshire
  
• [Intro]  [Hundred]  [Parish]  [Antiquities]  [Town]  [Charities]  [Directory]


• Towcester People
• Archdeacon William Sponne (13xx-1448) after whom "Sponne School, Towcester" is named.
• Gilbert Flesher
• Walter and Daniel Prestidge, watch and clock makers


• Towcester Organisations
• Towcester Grammar School - Sponne School
[Intro]  [Chronology]  [1890]  [JohnWetherell]  [1918-1930]  [1980]
• Enterprises and Businesses in 19th Century Towcester
[Intro]  [1849_names]  [1849_enterprises]  [1877_names]  [1877_enterprises]


• Towcester Buildings

• 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
  [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
• 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 Grammar School - Sponne School
  
  [Intro]  [Chronology]  [1890]  [JohnWetherell]  [1918-1930]  [1980]
• Towcester Mill
  
  [Intro]  [Chronology]  [Machinery]  [Fire]  [Article]
• Other Buildings
• Plank House

• Inns and Public Houses, 1877-1879
• 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

• 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]
• Christenings (1714-1777) with surnames beginning with
[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
[A]  [B]  [C]  [D]  [E]  [F]  [G]  [H]  [I,J]  
[K]  [L]  [M]  [N]  [O]  [P]  [Q,R]  [S]  [T]  [U,V,W]  [Y,?]
• Burials (1678-1725) with surnames beginning with
[A]  [B]  [C]  [D]  [E]  [F]  [G]  [H]  [I]  [J]  
[K]  [L]  [M]  [N]  [O]  [P]  [R]  [S]  [T]  [U,W]  [?]
• Wills (1724-1856) with surnames beginning with
[A]  [B]  [C]  [D]  [E]  [F]  [G]  [H]  [I]  [J]  
[K]  [L]  [M]  [N]  [O]  [P]  [Q]  [R]  [S]  [T]  [V]  [W]
• Gravestone inscriptions in St. Lawrence's Churchyard
• Memorial Lists
• 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