OUNDLE HISTORY TIME LINE

47–410 AD Evidence of Roman settlement found at Roundabout

450— Evidence of Saxon settlement found at Warren Bridge

Central area of town continuously inhabited through Saxon, Norman and Medieval 550 period

709 St. died at monastery in area. Taken to Ripon for burial

956 Archbishop Wulfstan buried in the Saxon/Norman of St. Peters

About 963 Oundle granted by King Edgar to the new Abbey of . The market in Oundle, which existed in Saxon times, was recorded in a charter from King Richard I Peterborough Abbey dated 1189. On 21 Dec 1200, King John confirmed the market

13th C and 14th C major expansion of St. Peters Church spared, but granaries burnt on orders of King John when upset by 1216 Peterborough monks Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries Oundle was given by Henry Vlll to 1539 Queen Catharine Howard Commission pronounced that Oundle could keep its Grammar Schole School, 1548 established in late 15thC 1556 Sir William Laxton founds Laxton

1570 North Bridge washed away

1587 Mary Queen of Scots executed at Castle

1611 Latham’s Hospital founded

1626 Talbot Hotel renovated

1656 Major General William Boteler, associate of Cromwell has Cobthorne built

1754 Peterborough-Oundle- Turnpike Road established.

1775 John Smith’s Brewery founded and becomes a major employer

1807 Act of Parliament to Inclose the Open Fields of Oundle and Ashton

1825 Oundle Improvement Act led to paving, building and lighting in the Market Place

1845 Railway comes to Oundle

Laxton Grammar School divided into Laxton School for Day boys and Oundle 1876 School for boarders

1902 Queen Victoria Hall built

State school reorganization, including building of and 1971 establishment of Oundle Middle School

1967 Fairline Boats Ltd, now Oundle’s largest employer, founded

1984 Oundle bypass opened