Places

Local history societies

You can find a directory of local history societies in Northamptonshire on the British Association for Local History site.

Particular places

The collection of online books, articles and other material set out below covers places throughout the ancient county of Northamptonshire, but do not feature every single place there. Some links are to websites run by local history societies and others, often featuring a large collection of vintage pictures and knowledgeable articles about their area. In a few cases, the links go to details of records relating to the place but held at archives outside Northamptonshire.

Dedicated pages on this site include material about Kettering, Northampton and Peterborough.

• Abington Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. The book includes a chapter about Abington.
• Abthorpe Abthorpe Historical Archive Includes an online catalogue of historical documents donated by local residents that can be viewed by appointment.
• Aldwinkle Aldwinkle deeds Abstracts from seven deeds dating from 1615-1688.
• Ashton The Wonderful Discovery at Little Ashton by Margery Fisher [1955] (page 3) In 1955, a hoard of 184 coins dating from the reigns of Elizabeth I to James II were discovered in the thatched roof of a cottage. Includes investigations into the history of the cottage where they were found.
• Astcote Astcote, Village of the Plain by Colin Hughes [1996] (page 282)
• Astrop Astrop Spa by J S W Gibson [1974] (page 127) Illustration from 1813 of Astrop Spa.
• Astrop The Letters of Jane Pope of Astrop by Avril Pedley [2009] (page 51) A collection of letters written between 1805 and 1816 by this noted actress record affairs in the vicinity of her home near Banbury.
• Astwell Aristocratic Financial Troubles and the Operation of the Land Market: The Sale of Astwell and Falcutt in 1774-8 by J V Beckett [1993] (page 378)
• Astwell The Sale of Astwell and Falcutt in 1774-1778 Revisited by J V Beckett [1994] (page 69)
• Aynho Aynho Fields, open and enclosed by David Hall [2006] (page 7)
• Aynho Aynho History Society
• Badby Badby History A series of pages containing material assembled by Badby History Group.
• Badby Chelverdescote by P N Skelton [1980] (page 115) concludes that Chelverdescote referred to all the lands included in the Badby charter of 944.
• Badby The Details of the Anglo Saxon Landscape: Badby Revisited by A E Brown, Margaret Gelling & Cristine Orr [1990] (page 95)
• Barby West Northamptonshire Local History Barby is one of the parishes covered by this site which was created by the late Grenville Hatton. The site is no longer online in its original form but a substantial collection of its material is freely available through the above link, thanks to the Wayback Machine.
• Barnwell Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Barnwell.
• Blakesley Early Modern Blakesley: a Study Based on Wills 1543-1700 by Carmel Biggs [2005] (page 37)
• Blakesley Blakesley History of the parish with transcriptions of over 20 sets of primary records.
• Blisworth Blisworth Heritage Society
• Blisworth Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Boddington Boddington Parish Collections [2026] Discusses, with many examples, the numerous collections taken in the parish to relieve distress or support good causes elsewhere, extending as far afield as Copenhagen and 'the churches of Poland and Russia'. From 1706-1732, these were recorded in the parish register.
• Boddington Hoard of Roman Coins Description of about 360 coins found in 1873, many dating from 265-275 AD.
• Boughton Boughton Green Fair
• Bozeat Bozeat Village history with extracts from a variety of primary sources.
• Brackley A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• Brackley Cicely, Joan and Deborah: An Eclogue upon hearing of the defeat of the rebels at Culloden by Mary Leapor [1993] (page 383) Contemporary poem by Mary Leapor about the reaction of inhabitants of Brackley to the Jacobite rebellion.
• Brackley Enclosure and Farm Holding in Brackley 1829-51 by J R Lowerson [1978] (page 33)
• Brackley History of the Hospital of St John and St James at Brackley
• Brafield on the Green A Charter of King Edgar for Brafield on the Green by Cyril Hold [1987] (page 301)
• Brigstock Bocase Stone by Trevor Hold [1979] (page 72)
• Brigstock Brigstock Historical Society
• Brigstock Memories of a Villager by John Elliott Bailey [1969] (page 199)
• Brixworth Brixworth and the Boniface Connection by David Parsons [1980] (page 179) discusses the significance of St Boniface in the early history of Brixworth.
• Brixworth Brixworth History Society
• Brixworth Brixworth Now and Then A series of podcasts that include a range of aspects of the history of the village.
• Brixworth Community participation and the village appraisal process in rural England: a case study of Northamptonshire by Victoria Jane Bradley [2000] This includes case studies of Brixworth, Stoke Albany and Dingley.
• Brixworth Sales particulars [1800] For Brixworth Hall, one fifth part of the Manor of Brixworth and other property there, including the George Inn.
• Brixworth Some Notes on the Parochial History of Brixworth by A K Pavey [1902]
• Brixworth The Pytchley Hunt; Past and Present by H O Nethercote [1888]
• Brixworth Waples or Walpole: Seventeen siblings from Brixworth by Francis Howcutt [2025]
• Brockhall Notes on Brockhall by Maude Thornton [1950] (page 23)
• Bugbrooke Bugbrooke History Group
• Bulwick A Victorian Rector and his Village: J H Holdich at Bulwick by Tony Ireson [1984] (page 106)
• Burton Latimer Burton Latimer - A Sense of Place Extensive collection of primary material and articles.
• Burton Latmer Richard Boyville of Burton Latimer by Francis Howcutt [2021]
• Burton Latimer Three Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts by Bill Franklin [2015] (page 17) The parishes whose accounts are described are Culworth, Norton by Daventry and Burton Latimer.
• Byfield Churchwardens' accounts of Byfield, 1635-7 Extracts from 'nine small folio pages'. There is also a subsequent note.
• Canons Ashby Literary Associations: Canons Ashby and Samuel Richardson by Sylvia Kasey Marks [1987] (page 343)
• Catesby Catesby in the Middle Ages: an interdisciplinary study by Jane Laughton [2001] (page 7)
• Catesby Railway Navvy to Farmer: The Memoirs of Thomas Henry Masters of Catesby (1878-1973) edited by Tony Ireson [1990] (page 161)
• Castle Ashby A Century of Water Supply to the Estate of The Marquis of Northampton at Castle Ashby by Edward C Watson [1998] (page 84).
• Catesby Catesby: an interdisciplinary study, part II by Brian L Giggins and Jane Laughton [2003] (page 35)
• Chelveston-cum-Caldecott Chelveston-cum-Caldecott Primary material and articles.
• Clay Coton Norton S Townshend: American Agricultural Educator from Clay Coton by Robert W McCormick [1988] (page 437)
• Cogenhoe The 17th Century 'Census' of Cogenhoe by Patrick King [1965] (page 271)
• Cogenhoe Cogenhoe & Whiston Heritage Group
• Collyweston 'All Along O'Collyweston' by H B Sharp [1980] (page 121) reviews the use of the name of this Northamptonshire parish in various expressions.
• Collyweston Collyweston Historical & Preservation Society
• Collyweston Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Corby Corby as it was [1962] (page 114) Two pictures of the village before the coming of the steel industry.
• Corby The Development of Corby Before 1918 by Frederick Scopes [1963] (page 125)
• Corby The Development of Corby in 1917-1939 by Frederick Scopes [1964] (page 175)
• Corby The Recording of Village Tombstones by M V J Seaborne [1960] (page 20) Account of a project that recorded inscriptions in Corby churchyard.
• Cosgrove Cosgrove & Furtho includes many transcriptions of primary sources.
• Cotterstock Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Cotterstock.
• Crick Crick History Society
• Crick West Northamptonshire Local History Crick is one of the parishes covered by this site which was created by the late Grenville Hatton. The site is no longer online in its original form but a substantial collection of its material is freely available through the above link, thanks to the Wayback Machine.
• Culworth The Culworth Gang by Jack Gould [2000] (page 38) The activities, backgrounds, families and other associates of four men who were hung at Northampton in 1787 after a long series of major robberies.
• Culworth Three Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts by Bill Franklin [2015] (page 17) The parishes whose accounts are described are Culworth, Norton by Daventry and Burton Latimer.
• Daventry A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• Daventry Daventry’s Craft Companies 1574-1675 by Colin Davenport [2008] (page 42)
• Daventry The Daventry Tithing Book 1700-1818 edited by R L Greenall [1983] (page 59) This commonplace book kept by successive incumbents consists of observations on the parish and living, naming many of its inhabitants.
• Deanshanger Deanshanger Village Heritage Society includes extensive original research, writing, photographs and historical materials.
• Desborough Capitalist and Co-operative Ideology in Small Town Industry: A Case Study of Desborough by Michael Stroud [2012]
• Desborough Desborough, a study of its people through the ages by Linda Ellis  Extensive account of the history of the town with transcriptions of primary sources and indexes. Features over 17,000 individuals in more than 4,000 families.
• Desborough Desborough Heritage Centre
• Dingley Community participation and the village appraisal process in rural England: a case study of Northamptonshire by Victoria Jane Bradley [2000] This includes case studies of Brixworth, Stoke Albany and Dingley.
• Ditchford Ditchford This place is at the boundary of the parishes of Irthlingborough, Irchester and Rushden.
• Drayton Evidence of Fraud at Medieval Drayton by Derek Hall [1963] (page 163)
• Duddington Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Duston Duston History Society offers a programme of meetings, as well as online collections of school photos and pictures of local buildings, graves and maps.
• Earls Barton Earls Barton deeds Summaries of eight manuscripts dated 1655 to 1815.
• East Farndon East Farndon Village A number of sections of this site display pictures and text about the history of the village, its parish church and charities.
• East Haddon Bundle of deeds for lands in East Haddon, Northamptonshire, 1533-1739 List of 28 deeds kept at Somerset Heritage Centre in the Sanford family of Nynehead collection. Mentions personal names and also places other than East Haddon itself.
• Easton-on-the Hill The Ordnance Survey and Easton-on-the Hill by H B Sharp [1955] (page 40)
• Easton Maudit Easton Maudit A variety of primary resources.
• Elmington Deeds relating to Elmington, Northamptonshire, 1586-1864 Ten archive boxes now deposited at Corpus Christi College Archives, Cambridge.
• Everdon Chelverdescote Again by A E Brown [1980] (page 185) discusses evidence that Everdon may be the place once known as Chelverdescote.
• Eydon Eydon Historical Research Group The local history material shared there includes a photo archive, details of publications and a family history forum.
• Eydon Property at Northamptonshire, 1540-1940 Estate papers of the Annesley family, Viscounts Valentia. This large collection of documents is held by Oxfordshire History Centre. They mainly concern property at Eydon, but also at Sulgrave and Moreton Pinckney.
• Eydon The King Comes to Eydon by A J Tyrrell [1954] (page 29) A visit by George V to inspect Army manoeuvres there in 1913.
• Farthinghoe Parson as a Man of Affairs: The Rev Francis Litchfield of Farthinghoe (1792-1876) by R L Greenall [1990] (page 121)
• Fawsley A Fawsley Christening [1949] (page 39) Text of a letter from Thomas Green, vicar of Badby and Newnham, to his wife with an account of the tenants' dinner after the christening of Rainald Knightley in 1820.
• Fawsley Fawsley History of the parish and Hall.
• Finedon Finedon Local History Society
• Finedon Mid-Victorian Finedon and Wellingborough: The Memoirs of Edmund Lamb Wallis (1849-1940) with an introduction by R L Greenall [1989] (page 39)
• Finedon The Volta Tower by Ron Clayton [2018] (page 68) The history of an unusual memorial which stood at Finedon for over 80 years until its collapse in 1951.
• Flore Deeds and documents relating to premises at Flore, Northamptonshire, 1759-1827 14 items from Clarke, Gwynn and Press, solicitors.
• Fotheringhay Owners of Fotheringay
• Furtho Cosgrove & Furtho includes many transcriptions of primary sources.
• Gayton Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Gayton.
• Geddington The Oaks of Modern England by "AB" [1966[] (page 65) A short account of the history of Geddington Chase.
• Grafton Regis The medieval hermitage of Grafton Regis by Geoffrey Parker [1981] (page 247)
• Great Addington Great Addington - a history of an English village by Kevin Binley Extensive collection of primary material and articles.
• Great Doddington Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Great Doddington.
• Greens Norton Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Greens Norton.
• Gretton Gretton Local History Society
• Gretton Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Hackleton Sales Catalogue of the Overstone Park Estate [1921] Illustrated auction particulars with maps. The property offered included Sywell Hall, Hackleton House Farm and other lots in the parishes of Overstone, Moulton and Sywell.
• Hanging Houghton The Plague at Hanging Houghton in 1665 by Francis Howcutt [2024]
• Hargrave Hargrave Village A variety of primary resources.
• Harlestone Harleston Races, 1722 The regulations for these events.
• Harlestone Henry de Bray's Estate Book (c.1289-1340), edited by Dorothy S Willis [1916] Henry de Bray owned a small estate at Harlestone and compiled this book partly from documents he possessed and partly from memory. The text (unfortunately in untranslated Latin) is accompanied by an introduction in English, a detailed index and a series of pedigrees extracted from the text.
• Harringworth Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Haselbech The Duty on Marriages, Births and Burials, 1695-1706 by Christine Vialls discusses the returns for this tax in detail with particular emphasis on Kelmarsh, Rushton and Haselbech.
• Helmdon Famed from Oxford to Wirtemberg: The Helmdon Mantle-Tree by Amir Bassir [2024] (page 9)
• Helmdon Helmdon Stone by E G Parry [1986] (page 258) Historical background and uses to which the building material quarried there was put.
• Helmdon Helmdon Wills 1603-1760 by Edward Parry [1975] (page 235)
• Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers A variety of primary resources.
• Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers Archaeology and Research Society
• Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers Castle - Or Otherwise by A E Brown [1974] (page 79)
• Higham Ferrers Higham Chichele Society The local history group in Higham Ferrers.
• Higham Ferrers hundred Higham Ferrers hundred Primary material and articles about a number of parishes in the vicinity of Rushden.
• Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers Taxation, 1629 Assessments for over 130 named individuals.
• Higham Ferrers Petition to the Patron of the living of Higham Ferrers, 1725/6 Request signed by 59 local residents that John Glasbrook be appointed Vicar.
• Higham Ferrers The Fourteenth-Century Tile Paving at Higham Ferrers by Elizabeth S Eames [1975] (page 199)
• Higham Park Higham Park Collection of primary material and articles.
• Holdenby Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Holdenby.
• Irchester A Roman Coffin Lid by A E Brown [1990] (page 104)
• Irchester with Knutson Irchester Village A variety of primary resources.
• Irthlingborough Irthlingborough Historical Society
• Isham The Matter of Isham Cross by Patrick King & Joan Wake [1950] (page 17) Destruction of the Cross at Isham in 1642 and attempts to prosecute those responsible.
• Islip The Rush Industry of Islip by Mary M Humphries [1980] (page 223)
• Kelmarsh The Duty on Marriages, Births and Burials, 1695-1706 by Christine Vialls discusses the returns for this tax in detail with particular emphasis on Kelmarsh, Rushton and Haselbech.
• Kilsby Civil War, 1642 Eye-witness accounts of troopers arriving at Kilsby and the local people killed and injured there.
• Kilsby West Northamptonshire Local History Kilsby is one of the parishes covered by this site which was created by the late Grenville Hatton. The site is no longer online in its original form but a substantial collection of its material is freely available through the above link, thanks to the Wayback Machine.
• King’s Cliffe A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• King's Cliffe King's Cliffe Heritage
• Kings Cliffe King’s Cliffe: The Catholic Connection by Peter Wadzak [2000] (page 49)
• Kings Sutton King’s Sutton: An Early Anglo-Saxon Estate? by Deborah Hayter [2003] (page 7)
• Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpiana; researches in a church chest by J Hulbert Glover [1883] A calendar of documents which were then kept in the church chest, with a selection of the manuscripts printed in full or as extracts.
• Kislingbury Kislingbury - a glimpse at its past by J V Tutchener [2000] A thoroughly researched and well-illustrated history of the village and many of those who have lived there.
• Lamport Historical and Literary Associations of Lamport by Sir Gyles Isham [1948] (page 17) This article is followed by the text of particular letters to which it refers.
• Lamport Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Lamport.
• Leicester Three Midland Towns: Northampton, Leicester, Nottingham by J Simmons [1963] (page 36)
• Little Houghton Little Houghton 1972 - A Parish Field Survey by David N Hall [1976] (page 295)
• Long Buckby 'Blaze' at Long Buckby by Victor A Hatley [1967] (page 91) describes the history of woolcombing in that vicinity.
• Long Buckby Long Buckby Local History Society
• Long Buckby The History of Boot and Shoemaking at Long Buckby by R L Greenall [1977] (page 437)
• Long Buckby Wharf Long Buckby Wharf Researches the people and events that shaped this settlement.
• Market Harborough Market Harborough Parish Records to A.D. 1530 by John Edward Stocks & W B Bragg [1890] This town in Leicestershire is so close to the county boundary that many people and places connected with Northamptonshire are recorded.
• Maxey History of Maxey by W D Sweeting [1889]
• Maxey The Manor of Maxey in 1595 by Alan Rogers [2020] (page 15) Summarises and discusses the Maxey entries in a book of surveys.
• Moreton Pinckney Property at Northamptonshire, 1540-1940 Estate papers of the Annesley family, Viscounts Valentia. This large collection of documents is held by Oxfordshire History Centre. They mainly concern property at Eydon, but also at Sulgrave and Moreton Pinckney.
• Moulton Materials for a history of Moulton by Sidney J Madge [1903] Printed lists of some 200 books, articles and manuscripts of local interest. It is unclear whether or not they were all in the author's possession. A valuable resource for anyone seeking to identify such sources to try to track down.
• Moulton Sales Catalogue of the Overstone Park Estate [1921] Illustrated auction particulars with maps. The property offered included Sywell Hall, Hackleton House Farm and other lots in the parishes of Overstone, Moulton and Sywell.
• Moulton Sidney Joseph Madge Biography of a prolific author on historical subjects whose works included a number relating to Moulton.
• Naseby Carlyle at Naseby Letter in which Thomas Carlyle described his visit to village and battlefield.
• Naseby History and Antiquities of Naseby by John Mastin [1792] Unfortunately, the quality of some pages of the book as digitised is poor. The edition published by the Record Society does not have such defects.
• Naseby Naseby: A Parish History edited by R L Greenall [1974] This illustrated book focuses on the parish of Naseby and those who lived there rather than on the battle. It results from work by a team of 22 members of a local history course there which was led by Ron Greenall.
• Naseby Nineteenth Century Naseby Farm Workers by Pamela Horn [1968] (page 167)
• Naseby Who and where was ‘Widow Bott at Naseby’? by Francis Howcutt [2025] The home of Hannah Bott was used for vaccinations in the 1850s, helping to eliminate smallpox from the Naseby area.
• Nassington Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Nassington The parish and manor of Nasington-cum-Yarwell by Charles James Gordon [1890] (**)
• Newbottle From the Archives at Northampton Record Office by Deborah Hayter [2024] (page 25) Transcript of a list in Newbottle parish register of the dates, beneficiaries and amounts collected there for worthy causes in 1660-1662. The procedure for such collections is explained.
• Newton Bromswold Newton Bromswold A variety of primary resources.
• Newton Bromswold Newton Bromswold Manorial Land by Geraldine Hunt [2002] (page 27)
• Newton Bromswold The Virginia Washingtons and Newton Bromswold by George Washington [1969] (page 215)
• Norton by Daventry Three Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts by Bill Franklin [2015] (page 17) The parishes whose accounts are described are Culworth, Norton by Daventry and Burton Latimer.
• Nottingham Three Midland Towns: Northampton, Leicester, Nottingham by J Simmons [1963] (page 36)
• Oundle A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• Oundle A Note on William Isham's Supposed House at Oundle [1966] (page 35)
• Oundle Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.
• Oundle Oundle before Sanderson: An Episode on the History of a Great School by David Allsobrook [1986] (page 271)
• Oundle Oundle Historical Society
• Oundle Oundle: Its Province and Eight Hundreds by Cyril Hart [1989] (page 3) Extensive review of economic, administrative and political changes in northern Northamptonshire and beyond during the centuries leading up to and after the Norman Conquest.
• Oundle Oundle in the Eighteenth Century Through The Eyes of John Clifton by J L Cartwright [1976] (page 339)
• Oundle Oundle's Story: a history of town and school by W Smalley Law [1932]
• Letter to Overseers of Earls Barton, 1833 Letter from his wife Mary Tibbett, saying that her husband Joseph was under sentence of death and asking for help.
• Oundle The Saxon bounds of Oundle by Glenn Foard [1991] (page 179)
• Oundle The Talbot Hotel, Oundle by Taleyna Fletcher, edited by Aileen Connor [2009] Desk-based assessment as part of pre-planning application to make alterations to this the existing former medieval coaching inn. Contains much about the historical development of the town of Oundle as a whole.
• Oundle Two Charters of Liberty by Edmund King [1973] (page 37) Documents dated between 1215 and 1222 recording agreements between Peterborough Abbey and the townsmen of Peterborough and Oundle.
• Overstone Sales Catalogue of the Overstone Park Estate [1921] Illustrated auction particulars with maps. The property offered included Sywell Hall, Hackleton House Farm and other lots in the parishes of Overstone, Moulton and Sywell.
• Peakirk Churchwardens' accounts at Peakirk, 1708-88 A selection of entries.
• Pipewell A Ring Found at Pipewell by C L S Linnell [1955] (page 42)
• Pitsford Churchwardens' accounts at Pitsford Extracts of entries between 1756 and 1867.
• Pitsford Memories of Pitsford a Hunded Years Ago by T G Tucker [1977] (page 49) Page 82 of a later issue of Northamptonshire Past & Present includes an additional note about T G Tucker.
• Potterspury Potterspury History Group
• Preston Capes Preston Capes Genealogy is a searchable database of all known residents of the village, dating from around 1150 until the end of the twentieth century; it contains details on around 6000 individuals.
• Raunds Northdale End by Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd [2009] This desk-based assessment of proposals for development of an area on the northern edge of the built-up area of Raunds includes a substantial, well-referenced account of the history of Raunds as a whole.
• Raunds James Gribble and the Raunds Strike of 1905 by Keith Brooker [1981] (page 275)
• Raunds Raunds A variety of primary resources.
• Ringstead Ringstead Heritage Group
• Ringstead Ringstead People by David Ball [2026] The full text of six books about local people including 130 stories which readers can explore by name, by time, by theme, or by book.
• Ringstead Ringstead Village A variety of primary resources.
• Roade Roade Local History Society
• Roade The State of the Poor in Northamptonshire in 1795
• Rockingham Rockingham Castle and the Watsons by Charles Wise [1891]
• Rockingham The Rockingham Forest Perambulation of 1299 by B Bellamy [1982] (page 303)
• Rothersthorpe Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Rothersthorpe.
• Rothwell A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• Rothwell History of Rothwell by Paul Cypher [1869]
• Rothwell Holy Trinity churchyard by Linda Ellis Index of the many people commemorated on tombstones with images of the monuments and the text of inscriptions.
• Rothwell Rothwell: The Railway Station That Never Was by Philip R Martin [1980] (page 161)
• Rothwell The Records of Rothwell Horse Fair 1684-1744 by R F Denington [1982] (page 319)
• Rothwell The Rothwell Charnel Chapel Project Describes the crypt at Holy Trinity Church which houses one of only two surviving ossuaries (collections of human bones) in England. The site also discusses the origins of the bones, the history of Rothwell and charnel chapels in general.
• Rushden Rushden - Hearts & Soles Primary material and articles.
• Rushton The Duty on Marriages, Births and Burials, 1695-1706 by Christine Vialls discusses the returns for this tax in detail with particular emphasis on Kelmarsh, Rushton and Haselbech.
• Rutland border Buildings and People of a Rutland Manor by Rosemary Canadine, Vanessa Doe, Nick Hill, Robert Ovens & Christopher Thornton [2025] A thorough and well-illustrated history of a group of Rutland parishes next to Northamptonshire:- Lyddington, Caldecott, Stoke Dry & Thorpe by Water.
• Semilong Northampton Southmyllrwong or Semilong? by Graham Ward [2022]
• Spratton Spratton Local History Society
• Stamford An Heraldic Puzzle at 56 St Martin’s Stamford by Eric Till [2001] (page 47)
• Stanwick Stanwick Village A variety of primary resources.
• Stoke Albany Community participation and the village appraisal process in rural England: a case study of Northamptonshire by Victoria Jane Bradley [2000] This includes case studies of Brixworth, Stoke Albany and Dingley.
• Strixton Strixton A variety of primary resources.
• Sudborough A Poaching Incident at Sudborough, 1837 by F J Mayes [1982] (page 325) Detailed account of a battle between gamekeepers and poachers which resulted in three of the latter being imprisoned and one found dead.
• Sulgrave Property at Northamptonshire, 1540-1940 Estate papers of the Annesley family, Viscounts Valentia. This large collection of documents is held by Oxfordshire History Centre. They mainly concern property at Eydon, but also at Sulgrave and Moreton Pinckney.
• Syresham Syresham and District History Society
• Sywell Sales Catalogue of the Overstone Park Estate [1921] Illustrated auction particulars with maps. The property offered included Sywell Hall, Hackleton House Farm and other lots in the parishes of Overstone, Moulton and Sywell.
• Sywell The Sywell Ring Illustration and short description of a gold ring found at Sywell Hall.
• Thrapston Great Fire of Thrapston, 1718
• Thrapston Thrapston Heritage
• Titchmarsh John Dryden's Titchmarsh Home by Helen Belgion [1975] (page 278) Reasoned identification of this being Brookside Farm.
• Titchmarsh Village Violence at Titchmarsh in 1660 by Helen Belgion [1968] (page 155)
• Towcester A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• Towcester Old Mint House 21 Park Street: tree-ring analysis of oak timbers by Martin Bridge & Cathy Tyers [2020]
• Towcester Plague at Towcester, 1608
• Towcester Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Towcester.
• Towcester Towcester & District Local History Society
• Towcester 12 Park Street: tree-ring analysis of oak timbers by Martin Bridge & Cathy Tyers [2020]
• Wadenhoe Wadenhoe Misrepresented: An error in the VCH by Bruce Bailey [2020] (page 61) Diligent research correcting the descent of this manor as recorded by the Victoria County History.
• Weedon Beck Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Weedon Beck.
• Wellingborough A bibliography of the small towns in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850 by Christopher Eve [1992]
• Wellingborough Great Flood at Wellingborough A tragic event in about 1794.
• Wellingborough Mid-Victorian Finedon and Wellingborough: The Memoirs of Edmund Lamb Wallis (1849-1940) with an introduction by R L Greenall [1989] (page 39)
• Wellingborough Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Wellingborough by Glenn Foard & Jenny Ballinger [2000]
• Wellingborough Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Wellingborough.
• Wellingborough Wellingborough Civic Society The 'History and Research' section of its website provides access to articles and other information about to the history of the town.
• Wellingborough Wellingborough: Life, work and society to the early twentieth century by Stephen Swailes [2022] A substantial, illustrated and well-referenced book with a scope of more than 2,000 years.
• Wellingborough The History and Antiquities of Wellingborough by John Cole [1837]
• Wellingborough The Lost Boys of Wellingborough: Remembering Those Who Fell in The Great War by Stephen Swailes [2012] (page 84)
• Wellingborough Wellingborough Brief, 1738 An appeal for assistance, describing the losses from a fire that caused extensive destruction in the town (continued on page 141).
• Wellingborough Wesker in Wellingborough: The Beginnings of Centre 42 by Richard Foulkes [1984] (page 117)
• Welton Witchcraft at Welton by G Clark [1681]
• West Haddon Gregory Palmer of West Haddon by Francis Howcutt [2024]
• West Haddon West Haddon Local History Group
• Weston Favell Rambles Roundabout and Poems by George James de Wilde, edited by Edward Dicey [1872] Items in a 'romantic' style composed by the Editor of Northampton Mercury. There is a chapter about Weston Favell
• Weston Favell The history and antiquities of Weston Favell by John Cole [1827]
• Whilton Whilton Local History Society
• Whiston Cogenhoe & Whiston Heritage Group
• Whittlebury Forest Tales of Whittlebury Forest - number 1 by Wimersley Bush [1949] (page 13)
• Whittlebury Forest Tales of Whittlebury Forest - number 2 by Wimersley Bush [1950] (page 13)
• Whittlebury Forest Tales of Whittlebury Forest - number 3 by Wimersley Bush [1951] (page 19)
• Whittlebury Forest Tales of Whittlebury Forest - number 4 by Wimersley Bush [1952] (page 24)
• Whittlebury Forest Tales of Whittlebury Forest - number 5 by Wimersley Bush [1953] (page 39)
• Whittlebury Forest Tales of Whittlebury Forest - number 6 by C D Linnell [1954] (page 11)
• Whittlewood Forest The Extent of Whittlewood Forest and the Impact of Disafforestation in the Later Middle Ages by Mark Page [2003] (page 22)
• Winwick Which Winwick? by M D Hooper [1976] (page 305) discusses which of the places in Northamptonshire with that name was the home of Geoffrey Cardon of Winwick who was brought before the Assizes in 1202.
• Wittering The Historic White Water Lake by Jack R Laundon [1995] (page 111)
• Wollaston Wollaston Heritage Society
• Wollaston Wollaston Village A variety of primary resources.
• Woodford Halse Churchwardens' accounts of Woodford Halse, 1609-10, 1641-2
• Woodford Halse Woodford Halse Archive Pictures and text relating to its history and topics such as particular local families and buildings.
• Woodford Halse Woodford Halse: The Village with a Heart of Steam by J W Anscomb [1982] (page 341) Construction of the Great Central railway which ran through the parish, operating from 1898 to 1966.
• Wothorpe The History of Stamford by John Drakard [1822] This includes an account of Great and Little Wothorpe. (**)
• Yardley Hastings Yardley Hastings Society
• Yarwell Old Cottages Farm-Houses and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold district by W Galsworthy Davie [1905] The ones included that are in Northamptonshire are at Blisworth, Collyweston, Duddington, Gretton, Harringworth, Nassington, Oundle and Yarwell.