Monument record 1160/165 - Drapery

Known as the New Drapery in the 14th century.

{1}Tenement group of possible shops related to the Market Square;situated to the west of the Market Place and fronting the Drapery;divided by a lane.

{2}Tenement group shown as a row of possible shops to the east of the Market Place.

{3}Tenement row to the west of the Market Place and fronting the Drapery;sub-divided by a lane between the group of tenements.

{4}Tenement group comprises a number of buildings performing different functions but still divided by a lane between the two groups.

{5}Enlarged copy of the Ordnance Survey;Shows a single tenement to the west of the Market place.

{6} In the time of Edward II, the buildings now known by this name the New Drapery, thus affording one of the many cumulative proofs of the new laying out of the town at the beginning of that century.
The Glovery, or Gauterie is met with in several early 14th-century deeds and was the name of the east side of what is now known as the Drapery. Here congregated the glovers. On market and fair days the glovers placed their stalls on one side of the central channel of the street, and the drapers on the other.

<1> Noble; Butlin, 1746, Town Map, (checked) (Map). SNN430.

<2> Speed J., 1610, Map of Northamptonshire, (checked) (Map). SNN559.

<3> Roper; Cole, 1807, Map of The Town of Northampton, (checked) (Map). SNN621.

<4> , 1887, First Edition OS Mapping, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1020.

<5> LAW W.W. & SONS, 1891, Map of Northampton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1005.

<6> Cox Rev.J.C., 1898, Records of The Borough of Northampton, p. 519 & 522 (Book). SNN3420.

Record last edited

Mar 14 2025 12:50PM