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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Roman pottery tile marked with maker's name © NMAG

    Roman Grafitti Tile

    Marked with the personal name of its maker, this tile is evidence of Roman industry in Northamptonshire as well as local literacy.

    Roman 200 - 300 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Roman stone tile with inscribed symbols © NMAG

    Inscribed Roman Tile with Magical Symbols

    An inscribed stone tile found at Towcester dates to the Roman period. The symbols are not Latin or Greek but may be magical symbols.

    Roman 43 - 410 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Collyweston slate tile with copper pin and wooden peg fixings © NMAG

    Collyweston Slate

    Collyweston slate roof tile. Quarried since Roman tiles and used extensively in the early modern period.

    Medieval Medieval to Tudor

  • Medieval encaustic floor tiles depicting crests of the Woodville family and the House of York © NMAG

    Woodville Tiles

    Medieval floor tiles decorated with the crests of the the Woodvilles and House of York. Laid as part of the floor at the Hermitage in Grafton Regis.

    Medieval 1464 - 1499 Medieval to Tudor

  • 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

  • Medieval Jewish tombstone fragment with Hebrew inscription © NMAG

    Jewish Tombstone

    This Jewish tombstone fragment is one of two surviving medieval inscriptions in England; indicating a thriving medieval Jewish community living in Northampton at the time.

    Medieval 1259 - 1290 Medieval to Tudor

  • Bronze, enamelled Roman vanity set hung from a chatelaine © NMAG

    Roman Chatelaine

    This astonishingly well preserved example of a chatelaine (collection of personal grooming objects), is a high-status object made to be seen as much as used.

    Roman - first century CE Roman and Early Medieval