Monument record 1160/211/1 - Kingswell Street

Documentary reference to Kingswell Street in the 14th Century

{1} Kingswell Street parallel to Bridge Street; not marked on map;

{2} Kingswell Street runs parallel to Bridge Street;

{3} Kingswell Street runs parallel to Bridge Street;

{4} Kingswell Street runs parallel to Bridge Street;

{5} Kingswell Street is clearly shown on the Speed map with gabled buildings fronting onto the streets along the northern and eastern edges of the application area. No buildings or other features are shown to the rear of the street frontages.

{6} Along Kingswell Street remains of an old paved road beneath a layer of charred deposits assumed to date from the 1675 fire.

{9} Documentary references to Kingswell Street: Kyngeswellstrete 1431, Kyngewell Street 1504, Kingswell Lane 1618, Kingy Lane 1695. The earliest surviving document that mentions property on Kyngeswell Strete is a Latin Assizes case in 1361.

{10} Cox believed two inns were located on Kingswell Lane: 'The Harp' and 'The Lamb and Flag'

{11} Two photos of factory buildings on Kingswell Street dated October 1967, now demolished;

<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., 2003, Kingswell Street Warehouse Site, P. 16 (Correspondence). SNN103419.

<6> Welsh, T., 2011, Excavations at the Dolphin Hotel 1889, (checked) (Letter). SNN107549.

<7> 1889, Northampton Mercury, (unchecked) (Article). SNN107551.

<8> Welsh, T., 2009, Document Search: Kingswell Street, Northampton (Document). SNN106429.

<9> Brown, J., 2008, Archaeological Excavation at the Corner of Kingswell Street and Woolmonger Street, Northampton (Article). SNN106436.

<10> Cox Rev.J.C., 1898, Records of The Borough of Northampton (Book). SNN3420.

<11> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive, Taken 1967 (Photographs). SNN116665.

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Apr 10 2025 11:19AM