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.
Do you have memories, photographs or other memorabilia that you can share? Click here to contact us.
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