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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Everard Bouverie cavalry sword © Delapre Abbey

    Everard Bouverie's Waterloo Sword

    A cavalry officer’s heavy sword carried in the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. It is 102cm long, with a matching scabbard. It is made from metal with decoration on the blade called blue and gilt, which has now faded.

    1812 Stuart to Georgian

  • Medieval lead cannonball fired during the Battle of Northampton in 1460 © NMAG

    Battle of Northampton Cannonball

    This lead cannonball is proof of the earliest use of cannons on a battlefield in England - the Battle of Northampton 1460.

    Medieval 1460 Medieval to Tudor

  • Carved stone from Eleanor Cross, Hardingstone. © NMAG

    Eleanor Cross

    This 13th century fragment of carved stone comes from the medieval cross located near Delapré Abbey, one of just three surviving Eleanor Crosses.

    Medieval 1291 - 1295 Medieval to Tudor

  • Iron key from medieval monastery of St Andrew's Northampton © NMAG

    Monastery Key

    15th century key from St. Andrew's Priory, a Cluniac monastery located in medieval Northampton.

    Medieval 1400s Medieval to Tudor