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Hackleton, Northamptonshire. Coordinates. 52°11′02″N 0°49′26″W / . 52.184°N 0.824°W. / 52.184; -0.824. Map Ref: SP802545. Piddington Roman Villa is the remains of a large Roman villa at Piddington, Northamptonshire, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Northampton, a county in the East Midlands of England.
52.263422°N 1.138252°W. / 52.263422; -1.138252. Borough Hill Roman villa is located on the north tip of Borough Hill, a prominent hill near the town of Daventry in Northamptonshire. [1] The villa’s remains lie within the ramparts of an Iron Age fortress which covers the summit of the hill. The remains of the Roman villa were discovered in ...
Piddington Roman Villa. Categories: Villas in Roman Britain. Buildings and structures in Northamptonshire. History of Northamptonshire. Former populated places in Northamptonshire.
Apethorpe Palace. Apethorpe Palace (pronounced Ap-thorp ), formerly known as "Apethorpe Hall", is a Grade I listed [1] country house, dating to the 15th century, close to Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. It was a "favourite royal residence " for James I. [2] The house is acknowledged as one of the finest remaining examples of a Jacobean stately ...
As a shire Northamptonshire was probably of Danish origin, representing in the 10th century the area which owed allegiance to Northampton as a political and administrative centre. In 921 this area extended to the River Welland, the present northern limit of the county. In the 11th century Northamptonshire was included in Tostig 's northern ...
Althorp. Coordinates: 52°16′49″N 1°00′07″W. Althorp in July 2006. Althorp ( popularly pronounced / ˈɔːlθɔːrp / AWL-thorp) is a Grade I listed stately home and estate in the civil parish of Althorp, in West Northamptonshire, England of about 13,000 acres (5,300 ha). [a] By road it is about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of the county ...
Archaeologists conducted a geophysical survey using magnetometer research and uncovered two previously unknown Roman villas, a roadside cemetery, farmsteads, and a web of roads that all provide a ...
11th – 14th centuries. The site on which the castle stands was used in the Iron Age, in the Roman period, by the Saxons, Normans, Tudors and also in the medieval period. This is because its position on elevated ground provides clear views of the Welland Valley from a strong defensible location. William the Conqueror ordered the construction ...