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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Iron Cannonball from battle of Naseby in 1645 © NMAG

    Naseby Cannonball

    Iron cannon ball fired at the Battle of Naseby in 1645, the deciding battle of the First English Civil war.

    Stuart 1645 Stuart to Georgian

  • 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

  • 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

  • Bronze Age decorated gold strip or ribbon © NMAG

    Early Bronze Age Ribbon

    A short piece of decorated gold strip or ribbon dating to the Bronze Age.

    Early Bronze Age Geologic to Prehistoric

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ceramic insulator egg © NMAG

    Insulator Egg

    Ceramic insulator egg used to hold together the aerials transmiting shortwave radio from the BBC radio masts at Borough Hill in Daventry.

    1932 Modern

  • Decorated black women's cape handmade by the wife of the Eydon village tailor © NMAG

    Handmade Eydon Cape

    An elegant cape made by the wife of the Eydon village tailor and drapery shop proprieter most likely in the early 20th century.

    1875 - 1925 Modern

  • Treaty of Edinburgh signed at Northampton Castle in 1328. © National Records of Scotland

    Treaty of Edinburgh - Northampton

    In 1328, England's parliament met at Northampton Castle; where they agreed this peace treaty officially marking the end of the First War of Scottish Independence.

    Medieval 1328 Medieval to Tudor

  • Langar Painting

    Painting of Langar

    A commissioned painting of Langar (Free Community Kitchen) by SCCYC SMN by Artistic Seva, Slough, demonstrating the value of Community & Equality. The painting showing communities from all faiths and castes cooking together, eating side by side on the floor and washing up together. Chosen as part of the extended exhibtion Beyond the 100 in 2025/26.

    1500 Medieval to Tudor

  • 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