Heritage sites and archives

Northamptonshire has witnessed the birth of Richard III and the death of Mary Queen of Scots. It has seen the Battle of Naseby and the hatching of the Gunpowder Plot. Our Heritage sites provide new ways to investigate and discover these links to our own history and heritage.

Churches and places of faith are abundant in Northamptonshire, each created at the heart of a community and part of their history. Some even play important roles in our national story. Monuments, tombs and graveyards give us the chance to encounter those who inhabited the county and created its history. Battles have been fought across the county for thousands of years – and the ability to visit their location and put yourself in the place of those who fought there is always an exciting and evocative experience.

The archives of the county contain vast quantities of unique documents, information, stories, facts and insights into those who lived, worked, loved and died here. Increasingly this vital data can be accessed via online archives but there is also a joy in experiencing and interacting with the original material.