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Towcester (/ ˈ t oʊ s t ər / TOH-stər) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the South Northamptonshire district. Towcester is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country.
Lactodurum was a town in the Roman province of Britannia.Today it is known as Towcester, located in the English county of Northamptonshire.. Towcester lays claim to being the oldest town in Northamptonshire and possibly, because of the antiquity of recent Iron Age finds in the town, to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country.
After significant population growth during the early 19th century associated with the town's role as a coaching stop on Watling Street, [2] a turnpike road which had been paved by the engineer, Thomas Telford, local businessmen decided to form a company to develop a town hall and corn exchange: the site chosen was a prominent location in the market place which clearly defined its southern ...
In 917 A.D. the Danish armies from Northampton and Leicester attacked the "burh of Towcester", but the people of Towcester fought bravely all day and managed to defend the town until help arrived, and the Vikings went away. (Ref 2). 1139-55AD The Normans build a castle at Towcester. The Normans (1066-1155) built a motte and bailey castle at ...
Sewardsley Priory was a Priory occupied by Cistercian nuns in Showsley near Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England. The priory was established in the 12th century by a gift of Richard de Lestre during the reign of King Henry II .
English: The Forum, Moat Lane, Towcester, Northamptonshire: Completed in 2015 for South Northamptonshire District Council, passed to its successor West Northamptonshire Council on local government reorganisation in 2021.
The company was founded in 1900 by Alfred Rishworth Tattersall (1863-July 1949) as Messrs. Groom and Tattersall, Ltd., [2] although the oldest records go back to 1876. [3] On 27 April 1918, Groom & Tattersall, Limited was registered at Station Works Tiffield Road in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
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