Secret NorthamptonEpisodes Episode guide
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Who was Peter The Saracen?
What is known about the earliest Muslim to be recorded as living in Northampton?
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What lies beneath the Old Black Lion?
What clues do a disused pub give to the history of one of Northampton’s oldest churches?
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Watford Gap: More than just a motorway services
Best known for its stop on the M1, this is a place of national importance on many levels.
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Three thinking: The Rushton Triangular Lodge
Why three is the magic number for this iconic Northamptonshire building.
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The Titanic squash coach
The tragic tale of Frederick Wright from Great Billing, the RMS Titanic’s squash coach.
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The Rothwell Bone Crypt
What the depths of a Northamptonshire church tells us about medieval attitudes to death.
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The head and tale of Corby’s hero horse
Ronald led the Charge of the Light Brigade and his head is now preserved at Deene Park.
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The Great Fire of Northampton: 350 years on
Looking back to 1675 for the fire that destroyed Northampton.
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The Founding Father of Ecton
Exploring the Northamptonshire roots of one of the chief architects of the USA.
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The ‘friendly Yank invasion’ of Northamptonshire
Looking back on the US Airforce’s time in Northamptonshire.
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The ‘friendly Yank invasion’ of Northamptonshire
Looking back on the US Airforce’s time in Northamptonshire.
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Sessions House – justice from the ashes
The story of one of the first buildings to be built after the Great Fire of Northampton.
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Rowell Fair: early morning pints and play-fights
The annual fair is said to be more than 800 years-old and boasts some unusual traditions.
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Remember, Remember…. Ashby St Ledgers
How was a Northamptonshire village central to the notorious Gunpowder Plot?
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Re-discovering Northampton Castle
How the once monumental castle was ‘lost’ but is now being brought back to life.
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Northants’ ‘grandest and most perfect’ structure
The remarkable and terrifying story of the building of the Harringworth-Welland viaduct.
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Irchester’s Jurassic Park
At least three dinosaur footprint casts have been found in Irchester Country Park
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Irchester’s Jurassic Park
At least three dinosaur footprint casts have been found in Irchester Country Park
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Inside the house of a billion words
Rushden is home to the Penguin Random House UK archive, which contains 1.5 million books.
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How Northamptonshire conquered Everest
The county’s shoe industry played a crucial role in Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent in 1953.
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Discovering Borough Hill’s Iron Age Fort
MOLA discovered remnants of England’s fourth largest Iron Age fort.
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Daventry’s war-winning experiment
How did an experiment in a Daventry field birth British radar?
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Daventry calling... how the BBC spoke to the world
Daventry’s former BBC transmission station on Borough Hill, 100 years on.






















