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Welcome to the Far Cotton History Group website.

Our group collects information that relates to the history of Far Cotton since 1800. We plan to use this website to share what we have found and we are enormously grateful to everyone who has generously shared their memories, photographs and memorabilia. They make our project possible and help to show just how much times have changed and what an interesting area Far Cotton is!

We hope you enjoy this trip through time.

Explore the history of Far Cotton

Today's Far Cotton is a district of Northampton in the parish of St Mary's, but not that long ago it was two separate villages outside the borough boundary.

Coming up...

Our programme of talks and meetings for Summer & Autumn 2023.  Meetings start at 1.30pm.

25 April 2023

County Lines

Speaker - James O'Sullivan

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

9 May 2023

The Masque Theatre in its 90th Year

Speaker - Rob Kendall

Raffle

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

16 May 2023

Outing

23 May 2023

Northamptonshire's Saints, Sinners, Stars & Scandals

Speaker - Derek Blunt

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

6 June 2023

Police Search & Rescue

Speaker - Richard Hill

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

13 June 2023

The Boatwomen Trainees of WW2

Speaker - Mike Constable

Raffle

Venue - Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

20 June

Blair Swannell

Speaker - Graham McKechnie
Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

27 June 2023

Use of Wax

Speaker - Patsy Hollingum

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

4 July 2023

Sulgrave Manor & the Washington Family

Speaker - Martin Sirot-Smith

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

11 July 2023

Picnic Tea

18 July 2023

Whistle-Stop Tour of the Universe

Speaker - Dave Eagle

Raffle

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

5 September 2023

Mary Burbidge, The Innkeeper's Widow

Speaker - Wendy Raybould

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

12 & 19 September 2023 - TBC
26 September 2023

WW1: The Cloutsham Street Boys

Speaker - Terry Whenham

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

3 October 2023 - TBC
10 October 2023

Secret wartime communications from Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire

Speaker - Ingram Murray

Raffle

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

17 October 2023

Barney Barnato

Richard Blacklee

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

31 October 2023

The Gretna Girls & the Devil's Porridge

David Skillen

Venue: Abbey Centre, Overslade Close

November 2023

7 November - TBC

14 November - TBC

21 November - Annual General Meeting

28 November - TBC

December 2023

5 December - TBC

12 December - Christmas Lunch

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