ROTHWELL Rothwell Is One of Those Towns That Is Preserved by It’S Bypass, in This Case the A14 Which Removes All Passing Traffic from the Town

ROTHWELL Rothwell is one of those towns that is preserved by it’s bypass, in this case the A14 which removes all passing traffic from the town. It now stands again peacefully above the River Ise. In it’s centre a series of fine buildings which surround the market square which was given it’s charter by King John in 1204. At the lower end of the square lies Jesus Hospital, founded in 1591 by Owen Ragsdale and built to provide accommodation for the elderly, which it still does. Back across the square you will find a palimpsest of later buildings, many of interest.

COUNTRY HOUSES COUNTRY CHURCHES

KELMARSH HALL Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, NN6 9LY www.www.kelmarsh.com

LAMPORT HALL ASHLEY St Mary the Virgin, Ashley, LE16 8HF Lamport, Northamptonshire, NN6 9HD BRAYBROOKE www.lamporthall.co.uk All Saints Church, Braybrooke, Market Harborough LE16 8LW

LODDINGTON RUSHTON HALL St Leonard, Loddington, Kettering, NN14 1LE Desborough Rd, Rushton, ROTHWELL Kettering NN14 1RR Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Near Kettering www.rushtonhall.com STOKE ALBANY St. Botolph, Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire EAST CARLTON HALL SUTTON BASSETT East Carlton Country Park, All Saints Church, Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire Near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8YF WILBARSTON All Saints Church, Wilbarston, LE16 8QG

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NASEBY BATTLEFIELD Naseby is the most important battlefield site in England. In the open fields of this small Northamptonshire village, parliament’s New Model Army destroyed King Charles I’s main field army, in June 1645.

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RUSHTON HALL THE OLD BAKEHOUSE Rushton - 01536 703001 Rothwell - [email protected] TOLLEMACHE ARMS WATERLOO COTTAGE FARM Harrington - 01536 771770 Gt Oxendon - [email protected] THE SWAN KELMARSH HALL CAFÉ Braybrooke - 01858 462754 [email protected] THE SWAN Lamport - [email protected]