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Books
| title |
author |
date
published |
publishers |
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Our Heritage
East Carlton & Cottingham cum Middleton
- historical notes to 1900 |
Michael York |
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Komnenos Enterprises Ltd
Click here to
download
(24Mb PDF
file) |
| Rockingham Forest - Then
and Now |
Peter Hill |
1995 |
Orman Publishing, Great
Oakley |
| Rockingham Forest Revisited |
Peter Hill |
1988 |
Orman Publishing, Great Oakley |
| The Archive Photograph Series: Corby |
Peter Hill |
1996 |
Chalford Publishing |
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Discovering Northamptonshire |
Jack
Gould |
1969 |
Shire
Publications Ltd |
| Northampton in a
Nutshell |
Ron Mears |
1995 |
Orman Publishing,
Great Oakley |
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Northamptonshire Miscellany |
Edited by Edmund King |
1983 |
Northamptonshire Record Society |
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Northamptonshire |
Wakeling Dry |
1906 |
Methuen and Co Ltd |
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Northamptonshire |
Tony
Ireson |
1954 |
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| The
King's England, Northamptonshire |
Arthur Mee |
1945 |
Hodder and Stroughton |
| The
Place-Names of Northamptonshire |
Gower, Mawer and Stenton |
1933 |
Cambridge University Press |
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Domesday Book, Northamptonshire |
Edited by John Morris |
1979 |
Phillimore and Co, London |
| Memoirs of an Undistinguished Man |
Captain George Lucas |
1955 |
David Green, Kettering |
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I particularly recommend Peter Hill's books
'Rockingham Forest - Then and Now' and Rockingham Forest Revisited'. They're packed with interesting facts and pictures
about Cottingham, Middleton, Corby and the other villages in the area. Well worth a
look! Copies are available at the local
libraries.
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Cottingham village websites
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Local community websites
| site
& link |
details |
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Northamptonshire
people and places
www.maurice.skynet.co.uk/northants |
A friendly
site containing details of people and organisations on the net in
Northants, town and village websites and places to visit around
the county. |
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Northamptonshire
look-up exchange
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/anna.smart/nth.htm |
An
excellent site containing details of people in the area with
access to historical documents who will look up information for
you. |
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Northamptonshire
internet directory
www.northamptonshire.co.uk/directory |
Part of a website
devoted to Northamptonshire,
providing links to local web sites, and also a
bulletin
board.
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Northants 1841
www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk |
Family history information for
Northamptonshire, including a surname list, militia lists, marriage
and burial records. |
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www.townsontheweb.com
www.townsontheweb.com |
Local website covering
Corby,
Kettering, Wellingborough, Northampton, Rushden and Daventry
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http://northamptonshiresearch.com |
Provides links to almost
3,000 Northamptonshire sites plus a photo gallery
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www.northamptontown.com |
A guide to businesses,
clubs, events and local sites in the Northampton area
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Northamptonshire
County Council
www.northamptonshire.gov.uk |
Website for
Northants County Council, providing news on local events,
services, businesses and organisations
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About
Leicestershire
www.leicestershire.ndirect.co.uk |
An independent website
providing virtual tours of the Leicestershire area
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Market
Harborough - Bigfern guide
www.bigfern.btinternet.co.uk |
An
illustrated guide to the present day Market Harborough and a little of
its history. |
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marketharborough.com
www.marketharborough.com |
Local guide for Market
Harborough, including links to local history websites
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Market
Harborough on line
www.marketharboroughonline.co.uk |
Website for Harborough
District Council
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ANY-Village.co.uk
www.any-village.co.uk |
A
comprehensive guide to community websites across the UK, including
links to local sites and a picture gallery
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Historical
information websites
| site
& link |
details |
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Anglo
Saxon Chronicle
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Anglo/ |
A full translation of
the Anglo Saxon chronicle |
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Church of the Latter Day Saints
www.familysearch.org |
The
1881 Census for England and Wales on-line, as well as other
historical records |
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Domesday Book
www.domesdaybook.co.uk |
The Domesday Book
online, plus interesting information about landowners and everyday
life in the 11th Century |
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Local
History Magazine
www.local-history.co.uk |
A web site for Local
History Magazine, an independent national magazine for
anyone with an interest in local history. |
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National Archives on-line catalogue (PROCAT)
http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk |
The
National Archives online catalogue of
documents from central
government, courts of law and other national bodies.
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National Statistics - Census 2001
http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |
Provides information from the 2001 Census, plus lots more
interesting statistics for the UK |
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Ordnance
Survey -old maps
www.old-maps.co.uk |
Ordnance Survey site
providing online access to OS maps for the 1800s
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PastPlaces.com
www.pastplaces.com |
A regional resource for submitting and finding historical or current information, down to the level of individual houses and streets. |
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Public
Records Office - 1901 Census
www.census.pro.gov.uk |
The 1901 Census for
England and Wales online |
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Public
Records Office - documents online
www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk |
Contains villagers'
wills dating back to 1650, available for £3 each. If
anyone buys one, can I have a look please?! |
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Public
Records Office - local history
www.pro.gov.uk/pathways/localhistory |
Information about
documents and materials available for historical research, from
1700 onwards |
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GENUKI
(Genealogy for UK and Ireland)
www.genuki.org.uk |
Comprehensive family
history website including information about the origins of the
place name 'Cottingham' |
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University
of Leicester
www.historicaldirectories.org |
Digital library of
historical directories |
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Romans
in Britain
www.romans-in-britain.org.uk |
An excellent site
showing the route of Roman Roads throughout the UK |
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The Victorian web
http://65.107.211.206/victorian/index.html |
Information about life
and work in Victorian England |
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Other sites of interest
| site
& link |
details |
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Cottingham,
East Riding of Yorkshire
www.cottinghamuk.co.uk |
Village website for the
'other' Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire. |
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Paranormal database
www.paranormaldatabase.com |
Details of paranormal
sightings in Cottingham - spooooky! |
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Windmill
world
www.windmillworld.com |
A one-stop shop for the
windmill enthusiast. Details of Cottingham
windmill included. |
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