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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Copper metal tree label affixed to trees planted in the grounds of Ecton Hall © NMAG

    Tree Label

    Tree label identifying a Hemlock spruce, part of the arboretum planted by the Sotheby family of Ecton Hall.

    1902 Modern

  • Piece of Northamptonshire ironstone, from Irchester Country Park. © NMAG

    Ironstone

    Northamptonshire’s ironstone was formed from iron-rich sediments in the Jurassic period. Quarried since Roman times, ironstone has shaped our landscape, fuelled the county's industry and built our houses.

    175 million years ago Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Fossil brachiopod Kallirhynchia sharpi. © NMAG

    Jurassic Fossil Kallirhynchia sharpi

    168 million years ago, Northamptonshire lay beneath a warm sea teeming with marine life, including this fossil brachiopod Kallirhynchia sharpi.

    168 million years ago Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Dinosaur footprint cast, one of several found at Irchester Country Park. © NMAG

    Dinosaur Footprint

    This 166-million-year-old dinosaur footprint cast, found in Irchester, is Northamptonshire’s first dinosaur evidence, likely made by a Megalosaurus

    166 million years ago Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Pewter Communion plate and cup inscribed or the County Gaol Chapel Northampton © NMAG

    Communion Plate and Cup from County Gaol

    Pewter Communion plate and cup used for services in the chapel of Northamptonshire's County Gaol.

    Georgian 1782 Stuart to Georgian

  • Early 19th century print depicting houses and stately homes in Northamptonshire © NMAG

    Northampton Delineated - Print showing 100 Houses and Stately Homes

    Print by George Clarke of Scaldwell showing 100 houses and stately homes of Northamptonshire - the county of squires and spires.

    Victorian 1819 - 1854 Modern

  • Over the knee, high heeled boots made as props for the 2005 film Kinky Boots © NMAG

    Kinky Boots

    Boots made for the film Kinky Boots - telling the story of entrepeneurialism in the county's shoe manufacturing industry in the late 1990s.

    2005 Modern