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Kingsthorpe Cemetery Victorian Chapel Northampton In a picturesque part of Northampton's Kingsthorpe cemetery stands a small chapel built in the 19th century. The chapel contains floor tiles believed to have been designed by the British architect, Augustus Pugin, who is also connected with interior design of the Palace of Westminster, London. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: NIKON D3200 |
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Grave Of The Woman Who Shot Mussolini in Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton On the 7th April 1926, Violet Gibson, whose grave can be found in Kingsthorpe cemetery, Northampton, emerged from a large public gathering and shot the Italian Fascist leader three times with a pistol hitting him twice in the nose. The infamous dictator survived the assassination attempt. Violet Gibson went on to spend much of her remaining years in Northampton mental asylum, now a private hospital known as St. Andrews. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: NIKON D3200 |
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Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton Surrounded by evergreens and cedar trees, Kingsthorpe cemetery along the A508 road to Market Harborough is one of the largest cemeteries in the town of Northampton. Among its hundreds of graves is the last resting place of Violet Gibson, who attempted to assassinate the Fascist Italian leader, Benito Mussolini. Lucia Joyce, the daughter of the novelist, James Joyce, is also buried in the cemetery. This picture appears in the following picture tours: |
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'Diamond Jubilee' Locomotive at Northampton Class 67, 'Diamond Jubilee', locomotive seen at Northampton railway station. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: FinePix S6500fd |
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Royal Train Locomotive at Northampton Station Royal Train locomotive, Class 67006 'Royal Sovereign', seen at Northampton station. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: FinePix S6500fd |
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Site of Former St. John's Street Station, Northampton This modern multi-storey car park, designed with more than just a passing resemblance to a railway station, was built on the course of the old railway track itself only a few yards from the actual St. John's Street station itself. A section of the railway embankment close to the former station site that carried the line between Northampton and Bedford from 1872 to 1939, can still be seen squeezed between Beckett's Park and Morrisons supermarket close to Northampton town centre. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S6500fd |
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Latimer and Crick Corn Merchants Building, Northampton Corn merchant's, Latimer and Crick, whose office and warehouse was ideally situated on the banks of the River Nene when materials were still delivered by canal barge, supplied local brewer, Phipps and Co., on the site now occupied by the Carlsberg brewery. After the business the building was set on fire. Escaping demolition, the building was converted into private apartments. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S6500fd |
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Carlsberg Brewery Northampton Carlsberg brewery, opened in 1974 and now the fourth largest brewer in the UK, stands on the site once occupied by Watney's brewery - known at the time for its 'Watney's Red Barrel' bitter - and before that Phipp's Brewery. The brewery buildings stand close to the banks of the River Nene near the town's South Bridge. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: FinePix S6500fd |
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Open Top Routemaster Bus, Northampton An open-top red London Routemaster bus passes Northampton heading west on the A45. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: FinePix S6500fd |
