Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Northamptonshire

We have published a variety of maps for Northamptonshire. Each includes an introduction to the history of the area, and most also include extracts from a contemporary directory. The maps include the major cathedral city of Peterbrough, once in its own semi-county, the Soke of Peterborough, and also a major railway junction, where a group of four maps is being prepared; a pair of maps for Kettering, a town that grew rapidly in the 1870s largely on the strength of its shoemaking industry; Wellingborough, also a shoemaking town, but with an important railway depot for the Midland freight trains; and another pair of maps for the county town, Northampton.

By way of contrast we have maps for several smaller towns, including Corby, which was really only a village until the steelworks arrived, though our map already shows tramways to ironstone quarries; there are also ironstone quarry workings on the maps for Rothwell and Thrapston; finally Towcester, an important thoroughfare stop on the old Watling St or A5. Informatioin poages are being added for individual maps; simply click the links where thgese are given.

08.07 Peterborough (North) & New England 1924 - published 2006; introduction by Barrie Trinder