Monument record 1160/340/1 - Horsemarket

Horsemarket led south of Marehold to the crossroads with Gold Street. The continuation south was Horseshoe Lane.

{1}A N-S road route from/to Mayorhold to juncton with Gold Street and Marefair.

{2}A N-S road route leading from/to Mayorhold. To the south the road joins with the E-W routes of Gold Street and Marefair and top of Horseshoe Lane.

{3} Photo of buildings, noted as the side of Crick's, dated October 1967, now demolished;

{4} The Horsemarket, sometimes called Horsemarket Street, seems to have occupied the same site since the days when Northampton first became a market town. First documentary evidence of it is as a boundary in a deed of the reign of Henry II, c1225.

{5} Four photos of buildings, noted as the King's Arms, the Red Lion, Latimer and Crick and the New York Tavern, dated February 1956;

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

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

<3> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive (Photographs). SNN116665.

<4> Cox Rev.J.C., 1898, Records of The Borough of Northampton, p. 523 (Book). SNN3420.

<5> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive (Photographs). SNN116665.

Record last edited

Apr 9 2025 3:00PM