Battle of Northampton (Wars of the Roses — 1460)

Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey is a fourteenth-century wayside monument erected in memory of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. The cross forms part of the series of twelve Eleanor Crosses commissioned by Edward I between 1291 and 1294 to mark the resting places of the Queen's b…

Northampton Castle is a Norman castle founded in the late eleventh century, likely established shortly after the Norman Conquest as part of the systematic fortification of England. The castle originally comprised a substantial motte-and-bailey earthwork with stone buildings, serving as a royal st…

Old St John's Church is a medieval parish church located in Northamptonshire, England. The building dates primarily from the thirteenth century and represents an important example of Early English ecclesiastical architecture from that period. The church retains significant medieval fabric includi…

Boughton bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northamptonshire. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by gr…

Earls Barton motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification located in Northamptonshire, dating to the eleventh century. The site consists of a substantial earthwork motte, or artificial mound, with an associated bailey, representing a characteristic form of post-Conquest military architecture…

Great Brington village cross is a medieval monument located in the village of Great Brington in Northamptonshire. The structure dates to the medieval period and survives as a notable example of a village cross, a common feature of English settlements from the thirteenth century onwards. The cross…