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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • old tin can and written note on paper

    A “Time Capsule” hidden in the early 1860s

    This tin can, 10.8cm tall, diameter 4.9cm, was discovered in the 1960s during the demolition of a row of houses in Burton Latimer called Wallis’s or Maycock’s Yard.

    1863 Modern

  • Large copper ball added to the cast iron Victorian Market Square fountain in Northampton in 1954. © NMAG

    Fountain Ball

    This copper ball was added in the 1950s to the Victorian ornate cast iron fountain installed in the Market Square, Northampton.

    Victorian 1863 Modern

  • Star shaped Metal neon advertising sign for Phipps NBC Brewery © NMAG

    Phipp's Sign

    Neon sign advertising Phipps Brewery, brewer in Northampton since the early 1800s.

    1957 Modern

  • Engine shed northampton © Univesrity of Northampton

    The Engine Shed - University of Northampton

    The Engine Shed is a Grade II listed former railway building which was restored for the building of the new Univesrity of Northampton campus at Waterside, Northampton.

    1870 Modern