Monument record 1160/247/1 - St. Bartholomew's churchyard

A number of burials were found in the 19th century and further burials were found in the 1970s in Leicester Street. Believed to be associated with the Church of St Bartholomew.

{1}Cemetery of St Bartholomew's was disturbed in C19th when many cist burials were found

{2}"....a few years since the cemetery was disturbed in digging for gravel when many of the bodies were found buried in the cist style with a few stones laid round the side of the grave: this appears to have been a very usual mode of interment....";

{3} Parts of several human skeletons were recently dug up in Leicester Street, off Barrack road. It appears that this area, around The poplars, Barrack Road, was a cemetery in use during medieval times. It was probably attached to St Lawrence's Church, a medieval church which became disused about the time of the Reformation.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.378 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Wetton, 1849, Guidebook to Northampton and its Vicinity, p.44 (unchecked) (Book). SNN1032.

<3> D.E. Friendship-Taylor (Ed.), 1973, 78-85, Northamptonshire History News, 1973, No 13, p. 11 (Newsletter). SNN106196.

Record last edited

Feb 14 2025 1:20PM