Monument record 1160/210/1 - Woolmonger Street

The earliest documentary evidence for Woolmonger Street dates to the early 13th century. This area of the town was redeveloped in the 1990s and much of its course has been lost.

{1} Road not named; leading from Kingswell Street to Horseshoe Lane.

{2} Woolmongers Street.

{3} Woolmongers Street.

{4} Woolmonger Street.

{6} The earliest documentary evidence for Woolmonger Street dates to the early 13th century (Vicus Lanatorum). In 1330 it was known as Wellemongerestrete and Le Wolmongerstrete in 1462.

{7} The street forms a connection between Kingswell Street and Horseshoe Lane, and in all probability has always occupied the same site.

<1> Speed J., 1610, Map of Northamptonshire, (checked) (Map). SNN559.

<2> Noble; Butlin, 1746, Town Map, (checked) (Map). SNN430.

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

<4> Wood; Law, 1847, Town Map of Northampton, (checked) (Map). SNN752.

<5> Welsh, T., 2008, Document Search: Woolmonger Street, Northampton, (unchecked) (Document). SNN106428.

<6> Soden I., 1998-9, A Story of Urban Regeneration: Excavations in Advance of Development off St Peter's Walk, Northampton, 1994-7, p. 65 (Article). SNN104032.

<7> Cox Rev.J.C., 1898, Records of The Borough of Northampton, p. 528 (Book). SNN3420.

Record last edited

Apr 9 2025 2:48PM