Gretton Local History Society

Written By Lynne Dickens

Formed in 1989, the society has a large archive of original photographs, general ephemera, oral history recordings and artefacts. They hold transcriptions of burial headstones in St James churchyard and the Baptist Chapel. and records of births, marriages and burials from the parish registers since 1558.

The War Memorial at Gretton

The War Memorial at Gretton

Meetings

The Society usually has speakers six times per year, held in the Village Hall. These are free to members but open to visitors for £3 per meeting.

Membership

£10 annual membership

Publications

  • Taking Stock is a magazine of 15 editions with subjects such as 'Historic Buildings in Gretton', ‘Domestic Life in Gretton’ and ‘Gretton's Millenial Year’

  • The Gretton Roll of Honour contains information on all persons remembered on our war memorial and copies are held in St. James Church, the Baptist Chapel, Northampton Record Office and Central Library

  • Taking Stock of WW1 is a 113-page book describing how Gretton villagers lived during the Great War

  • Life and Work Among the Navvies is a facsimile reproduction of a book written in 1880 by the Rev D W Barret, describing the lives of navvies who worked on the construction of the Kettering to Manton railway (especially the Harringworth/Seaton viaduct)

  • A Walk Through Time in Gretton is an illustrated wander through Gretton's streets and byways.

Contact us

Chair, Mrs Elisabeth Jordan
Green Man Cottage, Corby Road
Gretton NN17 3BM

Secretary, Ann Craske/Andy Butterworth
Chantry Cottage, 7 High Street
Gretton NN17 3DE

Phone
01546 770478 (Chair)
01536 771102 (Secretary)

Email
elisabeth.gretton@btinternet.com
annandy5@talktalk.net

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