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2 Rugby Road, Lilbourne
This was the first house my husband and I bought together - we got married in it, and had our first daughter there. We stayed until 2002 - a gorgeous cottage, which we sadly outgrew.
Contributed by Christina Gamble
Warwickshire memories
2 Rugby Road, Lilbourne
This was the first house my husband and I bought together - we got married in it, and had our first daughter there. We stayed until 2002 - a gorgeous cottage, which we sadly outgrew.
A memory of Lilbourne contributed by Christina Gamble
my family
I have traced my family back to Yelvertoft in the mid 1700's. My family name is York and we are descendants of Thomas York who married Elizabeth Perkins in the late 1700's in Yelvertoft.
If you can help me go further back or are related in any way please contact me.
THANKS
A memory of Yelvertoft contributed by john york
Round the rec
Hi there
I remember the day that this engine arrived in the rec. It was a source of great entertainment for us youngsters particulary, as originally everything was accessible. I remember climbing up on the footplate and seeing a little lad emerging from the firebox. It was rumoured that it was possible to get into the boiler and exit up the funnel but I never saw it done! It was great for playing hide and seek - I found one hiding place that no-one ever found. Sadly, even back then, Steel plates were soon welded over the more interesting points of access but it remained a popular attraction on every visit to the rec. Notice the railings around the roof? They ...read more here
A memory of Daventry contributed by Dave Cairns
Extracts From Lilbourne & Warwickshire books
The small village of Lilbourne had a market charter granted in 1219 by Henry III, but it clearly never developed into a fully fledged town. It also had a Norman motte and bailey castle whose earthworks survive quite well. This view, looking west from the green, has lost its two community facilities: The Bell is now a house, while the shop on the right is now a house called The Old Post Office.
An extract from from"Northamptonshire Living Memories".
The photographer here looks east towards Yelvertoft Road with Hillmorton Lane to the right. Just east of the village the peace is disrupted by Watling Street’s successor, the busy M1 motorway. Major changes here since 1955 include modern 1960s houses, mostly bungalows, on Hillmorton Lane, beyond the signpost, and the telephone kiosk which has migrated to the foreground Green.
An extract from from"Northamptonshire Living Memories".
We are looking westwards
along the Grand Union Canal
on its way to Birmingham, at
point where it originally joined
the Oxford Canal. This junction
was later moved further on,
and the ‘cut’ to the left became
the entrance to the ‘pound’. The
building on the left is the Stop
House, where boats would stop
to pay their tolls as they moved
from one canal company canal
to another. The ‘Belmont’ (centre
left) is the butty to the ‘Stanton’
(next to it), belonging originally
to Barlows. Butties were the un-
powered boats towed by their
powered partner.
An extract from from"Daventry Living Memories".
The marina was
originally a reservoir
to maintain levels
in the Grand Union
Canal; it was also
used as a pound to
moor working boats.
Water was pumped
from here up to
the top lock. The
line of bushes and
trees in the middle
distance hide the
embankment of the
railway line, which
ran from Weedon
through Daventry
to Leamington.
The service was
withdrawn in 1959.
An extract from from"Daventry Living Memories".
This view of the Rec shows the steam engine hiding the terrace of houses known as Mount Pleasant. The building on the
extreme left is Stead & Simpson’s shoe factory, one of the last shoe manufacturers to survive in Daventry, once home to
many factories and craftsman. Steads’s factory has now disappeared, to be replaced by Tesco’s supermarket and obligatory
car park. Fortunately, the Rec still survives.
An extract from from"Daventry Living Memories".