Guide to flore, northamptonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of. If you are starting out in this fascinating and compelling hobby or if you are a seasoned genealogist we hope you will find something of interest here. This place seems to be northamptonshires answer to gretna green. Postcodes in flore, northamptonshire checkmypostcode. Our children are nurtured and encouraged from an early age to develop as individuals in a happy and caring environment with its roots in christian values. Welcome to flore c of e primary school we are a small village school near weedon in beautiful northamptonshire with places for 140 children between the ages of four and eleven. A history of northamptonshire darwen county history s. For statistics about flore itself, go to units and statistics. Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times. Flore is a village and civil parish in the daventry district of the county of northamptonshire in england. Famous brands weetabix, carlsberg and doc martens are all made in the northamptonshire county.
History of flore, in daventry and northamptonshire map. Early c17 much remodelled and extended c19 and early c20. The plum blossom flower represents the goddess flora and the original name of the village flower. John postlethwaite obituary towcester, northamptonshire. Violet turland obituary northampton, northamptonshire. Listed buildings in flore, daventry, northamptonshire at british listed buildings. The curved stamen recalls the view from above of a maypole, which is part of the traditional festival honouring flora and badge of the local primary school. It is situated within the nn7 postcode district, which is within the northampton post town. Do you have any anecdotes, historical information, updates or photographs of closed or lost pubs. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area. Located in flore, 7 miles from northampton, russell house has a shared lounge and free wifi. Flore historically spelt floore is a village and civil parish in the daventry district of the county of northamptonshire in england. There are traces of a former triangular green, now encroached upon, at the n.
The avenue, flore, northamptonshire, nn7 7 bed detached. The ancient settlement of flore is referred to as flora in the domesday book. The obituary was featured in northampton chronicle and. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. First flora of northamptonshire to be published since the 1930s. Full of period charm and elegance, it is a fine example of the marriage of preservation and restoration with an abundance of original period features. Do you have any anecdotes, historical information, updates or photographs of closed or lost pubs in flore. A group for the adoration and appreciation of this fine west northamptonshire village. The small historic village of flore lies on a south facing hillside in northamptonshire between daventry and northampton. Recommend us via the social networking share button on the left hand side of the page, or follow us on or. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of flore. The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry. Jul 22, 2008 brockhall is listed as brocole in the domesday book, brockhall remains a rural idyll. If you have any additional information about postcodes in flore, northamptonshire, please contact me.
Mar 12, 2012 the plum blossom flower represents the goddess flora and the original name of the village flower. Glassthorpe was mentioned in the domesday book as glassthorpehill, and had a recorded population of six people, paying 1. A directory of settlements in northamptonshire detailing their history. By the middle ages and right up to the 19thc it was known as flower and in the early 20th century floore. He is thought to have been the grandfather or greatgrandfather of john adams the 2nd president of the usa. In 1515 it was acquired by john spencer of the prominent spencer family of aristocrats. Lydia was born and lived in flore, northamptonshire. Parish history edit edit source floore, or flore all saints, a parish, in the union of daventry, hundred of newbottlegrove, s. Since our office and factory are in a rural area, our staff travel to work individually by car and we have enough space to maintain social distancing, so in consultation with our staff, we have decided to remain open for business unless government policy changes. Extract for flore from the northamptonshire village book, compiled by the northamptonshire federation of womens institutes maps you can see maps centred on os grid reference sp645604 latlon. Milton keynes is 24 miles from the accommodation, while coventry is. History of flore, in daventry and northamptonshire place names.
Property details for the garden house the avenue flore. Funeral home services for john are being provided by john white funeral directors towcester. John postlethwaite passed away in towcester, northamptonshire. Location flore is a popular larger village, which has just been bypassed taking much of the traffic off the high street. Gives accounts of the parishes of huxloe, polebrook and navisford hundreds, as well as the boroughs of higham ferrers and northampton. From that time on flore became the preferred spelling. Covering 1831 species with notes on habitat type, distribution, occurrence and historical information with latest dates recorded at various locations for rarer species. It also appeared on local postcards in the early 20th century and is a popular. The m1 motorway and a5 trunk road lay to either side, with the a45 bisecting the village, making it ideal for access to surrounding areas. Royal oak, 28 high street, flore, northampton, northamptonshire, nn7 4ll. It lies approximately midway between northampton and daventry and is conveniently placed for access to the m1 at junction 16. Landowners named on the 1779 inclosure map of flore. Contained in journal of the northamptonshire natural history society and field club, volume 7, issue 55 pages 250253. Flora of northamptonshire the soke of peterborough by gent g.
Funeral home services for john are being provided by john white funeral directors. Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as william camden and thomas pennant into the roman, saxon and medieval names of places. Flore, northamptonshire genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. High street, here the a45 daventrynorthampton road.
Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Covering 1831 species with notes on habitat type, distribution, occurrence and historical information with latest dates. Listed buildings in flore, daventry, northamptonshire. The river nene runs to the south of the village with the grand union canal to its left. They may well include the names of other locations or areas. Postcodes in flore, northamptonshire, england postcode. The a45 road divides the upper part of the village from several older, lower streets. Close cookie banner we use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, and so that we and third parties can show you more personalised ads, including. Brockhall is listed as brocole in the domesday book, brockhall remains a rural idyll.
Media in category all saints church, flore, northamptonshire the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Use zoopla to view property details for the garden house the avenue flore northampton nn7 4lz including a current value estimate, local information, birdseye views and more. Take a picture tour of flore or book flore accommodation. Contained in journal of the northamptonshire natural history society and field club, volume 7, issue 55 pages 250. The church was erected in the eleventh or twelfth century. A history of the county of northampton british history. The wavy diagonal field division reflects the river nene that passes through. Ironstone ashlar, slate roofs, various internal stone stacks. Originally published by victoria county history, london, 1930. Glassthorpe is a deserted hamlet and manor between flore and upper heyford in the hundred of nobottle of daventry district, in northamptonshire, england. It was thomas adams who started the quaker meeting in flore, the first in the county. I try my best to keep the data accurate and uptodate, but there are often cases where information is either missing or inccurate, so i appreciate all the help i can get.
History of flore, in daventry and northamptonshire place. Brockhall hall and manor brockhall estate, northamptonshire. Flore house is a grade ii listed building in flore, northamptonshire, england. Violet turland passed away in northampton, northamptonshire. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of flore, in daventry and northamptonshire map and description, a vision of britain through time. Flore house, flore, northamptonshire history in structure. Welcome to northamptonshire family history society we were founded in 1976 and have around 650 members, mainly from the uk but also many from overseas. There is a regular bus route between northampton and daventry. About this book a description of the flowering plants of this english county, the first to be published since the 1930s. Mill house, the avenue, flore, northamptonshire, nn7 4ly. Book as a manor of three hides belonging to the count of mortain ryland et al 1902. Searching for info on james whitaker who we believe was a soldier at weedon barracks, northampton. Full of period charm and elegance, it is a fine example of the marriage of preservation and restoration with an.
May 14, 2020 rent from people in flore, united kingdom from. These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with flore, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. Extract for flore from the northamptonshire village book, compiled by the. Glassthorp hill is set in northampton sand with an elevation of about 125 metres 410 ft. For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the. History, gazetteer, and directory of northamptonshire. He was born in 1795 birthplace unknown and married lydia dunkley at northampton in 1821. Flore is een civil parish in het bestuurlijke gebied daventry, in het engelse graafschap northamptonshire met 1194 inwoners. Flore the avenue sp65nw west side 9128 flore house 180168 ii country house. History and heritage there has been a mill in flore since the time of the domesday book but the current mill and mill house are believed to date from between 1750 and 1800.
Flora of northamptonshire the soke of peterborough by gent. A history of northamptonshire darwen county history s 9781860771477. A description of the flowering plants of this english county, the first to be published since the 1930s. History of flore, in daventry and northamptonshire map and. The historical village of glassthorpe lay in the vicinity.
The hall is a fiori musicali baroque style music venue. Funeral home services for violet are being provided by richard finch and sons. The full list of postcode districts within the northampton post town is as follows. Northamptonshire is the origin of the british shoemaking industry and has a successful history of shoemaking which dates back almost 900 years. We were so impressed on our way back from london avoiding an accident on the m1 needed food. It is an important building in the village and features, with the two churches and the school, on the flore village sign. Flore given name a given name including a list of people with the name flore photographer born 1963, frenchspanish photographer jeanne flore, author, or the pseudonym for a group of authors, of the contes amoureux, an early 1540s collection of seven tales. The village of flore, or flower, called in the doomsdaybook flora, perhaps from the. The bed and breakfast offers a continental or full englishirish breakfast. Includes 1831 species with notes on habitat type, distribution, occurrence and historical information with latest dates recorded at various locations for rarer species. The a45 road divided the upper part of the village from several older, lower streets until a bypass opened on the 15th november 2018. Data base searches surnames in databases will take some time to load.
Explore flore with pictures, history, attractions and flore map as well as images to buy for prints from. Flore, northamptonshire genealogy genealogy familysearch. It is mentioned in the nomina villarum of 16 and was still inhabited in 71. In domesday book the place is listed as a small manor with a recorded population of five vch northants. The name brockhall is said to mean badger hole or burrow. In 1937 mr brodie lodge bought flore house and used the spelling flore on his notepaper.
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