Library Bulletins
From time to time the Library Committee issue bulletins relating to library matters. These are listed below in reverse order, i.e. the latest is at the top of the list:
Bulletin No 6
A Tribute to Three Men
Three eminent genealogists were involved in the compilation and publication of Collins Peerage. This bulletin delves into the background to the Peerage and its compilers. more ...
Released March 2013
Bulletin No 5
Westmorland of Apethorpe Archive Appeal
After a successful appeal this collection will remain in Northamptonshire more ...
Life and Death in Northampton - and beyond
An uninteresting-looking volume containing the eighth and ninth annual reports of the Registrar General, 1847-48 contains the Northampton Table of Mortality used by all insurance companies for calculating life insurance policies. more ...
The Quarterly Review
These give a fascinating view of 19th century England, both local and national. Volume 101, 1857 has a article on the history and the major histories of Northamptonshire more ...
Who really won the Battle of Waterloo?
Any Frenchman in 1842 reading the article on Wellington in our Dictionnaire des Dates will have come to a different conclusion as to who won the Battle of Waterloo more ...
Released September 2012
Bulletin No 4
Open Invitation to the Library
The Society's library not only has in-depth coverage of Northamptonshire and the former Soke of Peterborough, but it has been strengthened more ...
Released April 2012
Bulletin No 3
Open Invitation to the Library
Members and their guests are invited to meet members of the Library Committee and to view the recent additions to the collection. more ...
Released August 2011
Bulletin No 2
The Library Classification & Background Works
Books in the Library are classified by the Brown method; Dr Wendy Raybould has now provided printed copies of the classification schedules, a place name index and a subject index. The Library collection has a number of background histories and reference works. more ...
Released April 2011
Bulletin No 1
Sale of Books and Printing Blocks
The Society has more than 150 surplus duplicate copies of books; it also holds a collection od printer's blocks used in the production of NP & P. more ...
Released 1st October 2010