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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Iron Age lead torc © NMAG

    Iron Age Torc

    Lead torc worn around the neck of an Iron Age woman. Found during excavation of a rare human Iron Age burial.

    Iron Age 800 BCE - 43 AD Geologic to Prehistoric

  • 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

  • Large painted wood and lead boot advertsing Cottons, boot and shoe manufacturers and retailsers in Oundle. © NMAG

    Advertising Boot

    Large advertising boot for Cottons, a family run boot and shoe business located in Oundle from 1877 to the 21st century.

    Victorian 1877 Modern

  • Ryan Watson with League 2 Play off trophy 2020 © Pete Norton

    Northampton Town Football Club 2020 League 2 Play Off Trophy

    Won at Wembley in June 2020 in a final played behind closed doors due to Covid restrictions, Northampton Town Football Club took the trophy around Northampton visiting people as part of a project to support those who were suffering loneliness or were isolating during the Covid 19 pandemic.

    2020 Modern

  • Leather drinking flask or costrel © NMAG

    Costrel

    Medieval leather flask (costrel) used for water or other drinks. Found in the Market Square, this example is embossed with a sword motif.

    Medieval 1425 - 1475 Medieval to Tudor

  • Oak leaf wreath © NMAG

    Oak Apple Day Wreath

    Every year on May 29th, a wreath of oak Leaves is hung upon the statue of Charles II, All Saints Church, Northampton.

    Stuart 1675 Stuart to Georgian

  • brass of grave in Collyeston church

    Tomb of young girl, Elizabeth Follet, in Collyweston parish church

    This tomb is believed to be that of a young girl, Elizabeth Follett, thought to be the daughter of John Follett  a stonemason in the employ of Lady Margaret Beaufort at her Palace in Collyweston. Elizabeth Follett was buried in February 1508.

    1508 Medieval to Tudor

  • 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

  • Civil War cavalry soldier's coat made from Buffalo hide © NMAG

    Civil War Buff Coat

    English Civil War buff coat thought to have belonged to a Royalist soldier escapring the defeat at Naseby in 1645.

    Stuart 1645 Stuart to Georgian

  • Leather hobnailed workman's or drayman's boots © NMAG

    Drayman's Boots

    Hardwearing boots worn by the "kings of the road", labourers transporting goods by horse-drawn wagon for the railway companies between the wars.

    1915-52 Modern

  • Shoemaker's wood and leather work bench © NMAG

    Shoemaker's Bench

    This shoemaker's bench is evidence of the shoemaking trade before mechanisation aand factory manufacture when solitary shoemakers mostly worked in small workshops in their home.

    Victorian 1860 - 90 Modern