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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 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

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

Glazed ceramic shouldered roof tile from St. James' Abbey, Northampton

This is a rare type of medieval ceramic roof tile, replaced in the 13th century by standard rectangular ceramic or nib tiles used until the 20th century. The rarity of these roof tiles and their association with buildings of high status in Northampton, both religious and secular, is of historical and archaeological significance.

1200 Medieval to Tudor

Early Bronze Age Ribbon

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

Early Bronze Age Geologic to Prehistoric

Watercolour painting of Abington Park

Watercolour painting of ‘Abington Park’ c. 1920, by Northamptonshire Artist, Thurston Laidlaw Shoosmith (1865-1933)

1920 Modern

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

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

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

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

Tree Label

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

1902 Modern

“Norman Morris” - Carved Stone figure from West Cotton,

This unique limestone figure, carved in deep relief, shows a man in a long belted robe with hands held in prayer. Among thousands of Medieval objects excavated from the Deserted Medieval Hamlet of West Cotton, Raunds (1985–89), this one stood out and was affectionately nicknamed ‘Norman Morris’ by the archaeological team.

Mid-13th century Medieval to Tudor

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

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