Welcome
to the web site of the Northamptonshire Record Society.
The Society exists to publish the records of the ancient county of Northamptonshire including the former Soke of Peterborough and to promote the study of the county's history. Its members receive the magazine Northamptonshire Past and Present published each year and a copy of its books as they are published.
Northamptonshire Past & Present
The latest issue is now available:
Number 64, 2011
For further details see the NP & P page.
Posted 5th November 2011.
Meet the Library Committee
Members are invited to visit the Society's Library on Saturday 15th October between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm, before the Autumn Lecture, to meet members of the Library Committee.
There are discoveries to be made in the additions to ... for more see the full bulletin.
Posted 29th August 2011.
Revising the Northamptonshire volume in the
Pevsner Buildings of England series
The Society's Autumn Lecture on
Saturday 15th October 2011.
Full details can be found on the Events page.
Posted 26th August 2011.
Militia Lists now available on-line
The Society is pleased to offer two more of its many publications on-line; these will be particularly useful to family historians:
Northamptonshire Militia Lists 1777
A Northamptonshire Miscellany
The first of these gives the militia lists for the whole of the county except the Hundred of Nassaburgh, for which the militia lists for 1762 can be found in the second book.
For further details see the publications page or the e-Books page.
Posted 30th April 2011.
Recently released!
The latest publication in the Record Society's Victor Hatley Series
See the publications page for a full description.
Posted 26th April 2011.
The Heralds' Visitations of Northamptonshire
This lecture will follow the Society's Annual General Meeting on
Saturday 21st May 2011.
Full details can be found on the Events page.
Posted 23rd April 2011.
Record Society publication available on-line
The Society is pleased to offer the first of its many publications on-line:
The Open Fields of Northamptonshire
For further details see the publications page or the e-Books page.
Posted 24th January 2011.
Northamptonshire Past & Present
The latest issue is now available:
Number 63, 2010
For further details see the NP & P page.
Posted 24th January 2011.
Advance Notice of Spring Lecture
The Society's Spring Lecture 2011 will be:
21 May: The Heralds' Visitations of Northamptonshire given by Keith Lovell FHS
Keith is a Fellow of the Heraldry Society.
Details will be posted nearer the time.
Posted 5th November 2010.
Northamptonshire and the British Empire
The Society's Autumn Lecture on
Saturday 16th October 2010.
Full details can be found on the Events page.
Posted 9th September 2010.
Change of date for the Autumn lecture
The 2010 Autumn lecture will be held on:
16 October: Northamptonshire and the British Empire given by Dr Julia Bush
Details will be posted nearer the time.
Posted 23rd June 2010.
Sir Christopher Hatton
This lecture will follow the Society's Annual General Meeting on
Saturday 22nd May 2010.
Full details can be found on the Events page.
Posted 17th April 2010.
Advance Notice of Lectures
The Society will be hosting two lectures in 2010:
22 May: Sir Christopher Hatton given by Malcolm Deacon
2 October: Northamptonshire and the British Empire given by Dr Julia Bush
Details will be posted nearer the time.
Posted 24th February 2010.
Just released!
The latest publication in the Record Society's General Series
See the publications page for a full description.
Posted 9th December 2009.
Northamptonshire Past & Present
The latest issue is now available:
Number 62, 2009
For further details see the NP & P page.
Posted 13th October 2009.
The Library
New arrangements for accessing the Society's library announced.
Full details can be found on the Library page.
Posted 9th September 2009.
The Early Tanning Industry in Northampton
The Society's Autumn Lecture will be given on
Saturday 3rd October 2009.
Full details can be found on the Events page.
Posted 13th August 2009.
Just released!
The latest publication in the Record Society's General Series as an Anthony Mellows Memorial Trust volume
See the publications page for a full description.
Updated 1st August 2009
Posted 4th May 2009.
Enclosure and the Church of England
This lecture will follow the Society's Annual General Meeting on
Saturday 16th May 2009.
Full details can be found on the Events page.
Posted 17th April 2009.
Spring Lecture and Annual General Meeting
This meeting will be held on Saturday 16th May 2009.
Details will be published later.
Posted 7th March 2009.
Northamptonshire Past & Present
The latest issue is now available:
Number 61, 2008
For further details see the NP & P page.
Posted 7th December 2008.