BLISWORTH IMAGES AND HISTORY    A compilation of archival and modern photographs
recorded since c. 1880  and a collection of articles on both the heritage and the history of the village.
< over 144 articles & over 1450 images >

Last Updated - 8 July 2008                        Contact us - General Enquiries
List of Recent Additions                                                - Families Enquiries

RECORD OF SITE VISITS      URGENT MESSAGES - none

CONTENTS

GENERAL INTEREST       RECENT EVENTS
HISTORICAL INDEXES   -  ARTICLES    IMAGES
RESEARCHERS PAGES   -   FAMILIES
WEBSITE MISSION

 GENERAL INTEREST - enjoy a tour around the village and parish by exploring the first four items here.

RELATIVELY RECENT EVENTS

ARTICLES BELOW

                                                          LINK TO THE ARTICLES
HISTORICAL INDEXES                                                          
                                                         IMAGES - BELOW

The general assemblies of Church and Chapel articles have been added to the
'historical articles index' but images of churches and church groups remain listed here.

Baptists Church      Baptists Groups      Blisworth Church      Church Groups

Please Click Here if you wish to contact me, comment, or offer some corrections or photographs.

Aerial Views         Bacon Factory         Blacksmiths        Blisworth Arm & Neighbour Villages      Blisworth Gardens

 Blisworth Hotel       Blisworth Mill       Blisworth Tunnel      Canals, etc.      Chapel Lane       Cross      Church Tower Views

Demolitions        Early Trades      Earth Works      Elm Tree Corner        Farming         Football          Greenside

Guides & Scouts        High Street       Ironstone Bridge        Ironstone Works        Misc Groups        Misc Places

Just Miscellaneous        Occasions          Personalities         Pond Bank          Railway Arch         Railways

Schools        Shops         Stoke Road          Sun, Moon & Stars       WWI photos    Wartime Pictures       West Bridge

NB:  The six small pictures on the home page are regarded as village icons,
clockwise:  Westley Flour Mill, the Canal Tunnel, the Church of St John, the
Elm Tree (no longer standing), the Railway Arch and the Baptist Church.  The
view of the Church at the head of the page is titled "Morning Frost, Blisworth".

THE WEBSITE MISSION STATEMENT

The initial intention behind this website was to provide villagers with a knowledge
of the historical pictures that we have, and at long last an opportunity
to obtain copies, copyright permitting.

A collection of photographs has been assembled which depict mainly the scenes in and around Blisworth, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, dating from as far back as 1880.  Please use the indexes above to explore the collection.  The source of the material is mainly George Freeston's collection (1911 - 2002).  He placed much material into the Northampton Record Office (NRO) in 1996 and much more followed after he passed away.  There were other photographs which he gave to Northampton Library and these may be found in the Local Studies section in Abington Street.

With kind permission there are also included many photographs taken by Walter Alexander (1886 - 1976) who was the son of the village green-grocer and, with the best cameras available at the time, recorded many beautiful scenes as an amateur photographer.  A few villagers have also offered their collection for this web site - notable among them are Linda Hack, Andy Newbury, Tony Newcombe, Jim Payler and Rachael Robinson.  Many others from further a field have also offered pictures - Brenda Broome, Linda Burrows, Diane Green, Joy Stewart and Elizabeth Wiig.  And please jog my memory if I have not included you!