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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

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

Roman Horse and Rider Statuette

A bronze statuette of a horse and rider. This object is probably a votive or religious object left at the site of a Roman shrine.

200 - 399 CE Roman and Early Medieval

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

Northamptonshire Yeomanry Horse Model

Carved and painted wooden model of a white horse, the regimental badge of Northamptonshire Yeomanry since 1794.

Georgian 1794 Stuart to Georgian

Escape Boot

Escape boot designed for RAF pilots by local manufacturers Haynes and Cann in 1943. Northamptonshire has a long history of making military footwear.

1943 Modern

Military Cross

First World War Military Cross awarded to Lieutenant OK Parker for gallentry during what is often called the blackest day in the Northamptonshire Regiment's history.

1915 Modern