DESBOROUGH is a parish and town, on the main road from Kettering to Market Harborough, with a station on the Midland main line of railway, 6 miles northwest from Kettering, 18 north from Northampton and 81 from London, in the Northern division of the
county, hundred of Rothwell, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Kettering, rural deanery of Rothwell (second portion),
archdeaconry of Northampton and diocese of Peterborough. The parish
was governed by a Local Board of 9 members, created by an Order of the Northamptonshire County Council, confirmed by Local
Government Order, No. 27,418, dated September 3, 1891, but under the provisions of the
"Local Government Act. 1898" (56 and 57 Vict. c. 74), an Urban District Council of 12 members has been formed.
The town is lighted by gas from works the property of a company, and is
supplied with water from works formed in 1899 by the Urban District Council;
and additional supply was provided in 1912.
The church of St. Giles is a cruciform building of stone, in the Early English and
later styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, transepts, north porch and a western tower with pinnacles and octagonal spire, containing 6 bells and a clock, placed in
1889 at a cost of £120: there are several ancient monuments to the Poulton family,
members of which, for fourteen generations, held the lordship of the manor: the
church has been completely restored, partially new roofed, the gallery removed, a lectern, prayer desk and pulpit added, and the interior re-floored and re-seated
at a cost of about £400: there is a stained window on the south
side, and one inserted in 1907 at the west end of the north
aisle. The register dates from the year 1571, but there is a vacancy in the register of baptisms and burials from 1679 to
1686, and of marriages from 1681 to 1695. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
value £196, including 115 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop
of Peterborough, and held since 1908 by the Rev.
Henry James
Theodore Eacott M.A. of Hatfield Hall, Durham.
There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1848, with 400 sittings, a Congregational chapel,
erected in 1912 at a cost of £3,200, to replace the chapel built
in 1855, seating 650 persons, and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
The Oddfellows' Hall, erected in 1888, is used for all
kinds of entertainments. The manufacture of boots, shoes, stays and the raising of iron ore gives employment to a great many hands.
The Loakes
charity consists of a sum of £65 15s. 4d., the interest on which,
under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 17 December, 1897, is devoted to the general purposes of the poor. The charities include one of
£238, left in 1834 by the late Mrs. Mary Biggs, of Desborough, the interest to be given in prizes and rewards to the children of the Sunday school. East's charity, of
£1. is distributed annually in bread. The town land now (1914)
produces about £10 per annum, which sum is
distributed amongst the poor of the parish; the church land produces
£6 10s. yearly for church purposes. The Urban District Council have the power of appointing trustees of the parochial
charities.
The principal landowners are the Desborough Co-operative Society Limited,
who are lords of the manor. The soil is clay and sand and contains ironstone; subsoil, blue lias clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and oats.
The area of the civil parish and Urban District is 2,400 acres; rateable value,
£19,341; the population in 1911 was 4,092.
Sexton, Harold Liner.
Post. M. O. & T. Office, 77 High street.—William Richard Noon, sub-postmaster. Letters through Market
Harborough (Leicester) are delivered at 7 a.m. & 12.50 & 6 p.m.; dispatched at 8.10
a.m. & 12.25 & 6.25 & 8.35 p.m. week days
only; sundays, delivery commences at 7.15 a.m; dispatched, 10 a.m.
Wall Letter Box, near station, cleared 8.15 a.m. & 12.15, 6.30 & 8.40 p.m
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Meets at the Council Schools, monthly, on the second tuesday at 7.30 p.m.
Members.
Chairman,
Fred C. Fenton.
Vice-Chairman, Frederick T. Riley.
All retire in 1916.
Officers.
- Clerk, Charles William Lane, George street, Kettering
- Treasurer, Hugh Hindley Rainey, Barclay's Bank, Market Harborough
- Medical Officer of Health,
Henry Gibbons M.D.,
C.M. Aberd. Glendkindie house
- Surveyor &
Sanitary Inspector, George Essex Marlow,
86 High street
- Rate Collector, Isaac Hodges, 20 Nichols street
- Desboro' Volunteer Fire Brigade Station, with a steam fire engine,
Dixon Palmer, captain,
& 8 men
- Oddfellows' Hall,
Thomas Henry Blissett, sec
- Police Station, George Marsh, sergeant, and 2 constables
TERRITORIAL FORCE.
4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (G Co.), Capt. H. M. Wilson; Color-Sergt.
John Thomas Langley, York road, Kettering, drill instructor
Public Elementary Schools
Boys', Girls' & Infants', built, with master's residence, in 1878, at a
cost of about £3,500, & enlarged in 1891 & again enlarged in 1901 for 260
boys, 265 girls & 330 infants; Percival Henry Alder-Barrett, master;
Mrs. Laura Coe, girls' mistress;
Mrs. Sarah Shipley, infants' mistress.
Church of England (mixed), built in 1885, at a cost of about £600, &
enlarged in 1914 at a cost of £1,100 for
131 children; Frederick James Starling, master; Mrs.
Bird & Miss Lyles, assistant mistresses
Railway Station, Percy R. Handscombe, station master
Carriers.—John Crick, to Kettering, on wed. & fri.; Incles, to Market Harborough
& Rothwell, tues. & sat
Conveyance
Motor omnibus to & from Wellingborough eight times daily; on sat. every
40 minutes to Kettering only, in addition to the regular service
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Cattle, Mrs., Braybrooke road
Cheaney, Harold, Rushton road
Coe, Miss, 37 Harborough road
Cox, William Alfred, Union street
Eacott, Rev. Henry James Theodore M.A. (vicar), Vicarage
Elkington, Albt. Edwd., 99 Rushton road
Fenton, Frederick C., Holly cottage
Gibbons Hy. M.D. Glenkindie house
Lane, Eustace R., 3 St. Anthony's hill
Linnell, John Stockburn, 23 Harborough road
Marlow, Henry, Union street
Marlow, Jesse, Iseleigh
Marlow, William, The Danes
Monk, John C., 49 Braybrooke road
Panter, Alfred, 12 Rushton road
Phillips, Rev. John B.A. (Congregational), 59 Rushton road
Riley, Frederick,
25 Harborough road
Rochester, Charles Dixon, 1 St. Anthony's hill
Rochester, Mrs, 2 St Anthony's hill
Sumner, Geo. Ward J.P., Buckwell st
Sumner, George Ward, jun. Hill top, Braybrooke road
Thomas, Peregrine, Bella vista
Toosey, Frederick Joseph, Glenfields, Braybrooke road
Yeomans, Miss, Desborough house
| COMMERCIAL |
| Early closing day, Thurs.
1 p.m.
|
| Althorpe Thomas | insurance agent, 39 Braybrooke road |
| Asher Ann (Mrs.) | draper,
High st |
| Asher, Frank Andrew |
cycle agent, High st |
| Ball, John Henry |
blacksmith, Victoria st |
| Bamford, Benjamin |
farmer |
| Barclay & Company Limited, bankers (sub-branch)
(Hugh Hindley Rainey, manager); open mon. 11.15 to 12; wed. & sat.
9.45 to 11.50, Station road; draw on head office, 54 Lombard street,
London E C |
| Barker, Geo. David |
grocer, Havelock st |
| Betts, Henry |
shopkeeper, 47 King st |
| Bindley, Thomas Alfred |
greengrocer, 95 Rushton road |
| Bird & Co. |
boot & shoe manufacturers |
| Bird, Samuel |
plumber, High street |
| Bosworth Brothers & Co. |
boot & shoe manufacturers, Station road |
| Brown, Arthur William |
baker, 50 Station road |
| Burditt, Jos W.
|
shopkeeper, 44 Station road |
| Burrows, Thompson |
photographer, Buckwell street |
| Burton, Wm |
decorator, 15 High st |
| Cayley & Rochester |
architects, 1 St Anthony's hill |
| Chatterton, Jn |
fried fish dlr. High st |
| Cheaney, Joseph & Son |
boot & shoe manufacturers |
| Coe, Fredk. Percy |
grocer, 57 Victoria st |
| Coe, Irving |
pork butcher, 75 High st |
| Coe, Jesse |
dairyman, Plum park |
| Coe, Martin |
dairyman, Union street |
| Coe, Mary (Mrs) |
milliner, 70 Gladstone street |
| Conservative Club |
(Edgar Dillon sec) |
| Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. corset
manufacturers (branch) |
| Copley, Claude Francis |
Swan inn |
| Cox, Charles |
farmer, Pantile lodge |
| Crick, Samuel |
King's Arms P.H |
| Crompton Boot Manufacturers' Ltd., Victoria st |
| Curtis, Fredk. |
confectnr, Rothwell rd |
| Daisley, Wm |
coal merchant, Buckwell st |
| Dawkins, Jn Edwin |
builder, Victoria st |
| Dean, Herbert |
chemist, 31 Station road |
| Desboro' Gas Co. Limited |
(Dixon Palmer, manager) |
| Desboro' Industrial & Provident
Co-operative Society Limited |
(Jesse Marlow, sec) |
| Desboro' Oddfellows' Hall |
(Thomas Henry Blissett, sec) |
| Desboro' Reading Room & Temperance
Institute Lim. |
(Isaac Hodges, sec) |
| Desborough Urban District Council Water Works |
(Herbert Arth. White, manager) |
| Desboro' Volunteer Fire Brigade |
(Dixon Palmer, captain) |
| Desboro' Working Men's Club & Institute
Limited |
(George Luck, sec) |
| Electric Picture Palace |
(Harry Jackson, manager) |
| Esden, Thomas Henry |
grocer, 35 Station rd & 11 High st |
| Freeman, Arthur |
insurance agent, 15 Buckwell street |
| Freer, Miller |
general dealer, Queen st |
| Frisby, John Page |
wheelwright, Havelock street |
| Giles, Herbert Ernest |
tailor, 82 High st |
| Gotobed, Jas |
cabinet maker, 50 King st |
|
Gibbons, Henry M.D., C.M. Aberd. surgeon,
medical officer of health to Desboro' Urban District Council, medical officer &, public vaccinator
Desborough district, Kettering union & certifying factory surgeon,
Glenkindie house |
| Ginns & Sons |
market gardeners, Rothwell road |
| Ginns, John Allen |
market gardener, Union street |
| Groocock, John |
boot dealer, Victoria st |
| Gutteridge, Walter |
hairdresser, High st |
| Hall, William |
New inn |
| Hodges, Isaac | house agent & rate collector to the Urban District
Council, 27 Nichols street |
| Humfrey, Richard |
corn merchant, High street & 6 Paddock lane |
| Iliffe, Alfred |
grocer, 42 Station road |
| Jarvis, John |
beer retailer, Station road |
| Jones, Thos |
carpenter, Nichols st |
| Kendall, Rowland Underwood |
hair dresser, 46 Station road |
| Kilborn, Herbert |
butcher, Harborough road |
| Kilborn, Saml
Jn |
butcher, Station rd |
| Kilborn, Thomas Robert |
plumber & glazier, High st. & 60 Gold street |
| Lane, Charles William |
solicitor & commissioner for oaths, clerk to the guardians &
assessment committee of Kettering union, & to Desboro' Urban &
Kettering Rural District Councils; attends every thursday; & at
George street, Kettering |
| Langman, Thomas William |
clothier, Station road & draper, High street |
| Leago, Thomas Webster |
fruiterer, 27 Station road |
| Lee's Boot Stores |
(H. Ball, proprietor), 76 High street |
| Lilley, John |
hair dresser, Station rd |
| London City & Midland Bank Limited (sub-branch) (W. J. Horn, mgr.); open
wed. & sat. 9.45 to 11.50 a.m.; draw on head office, Threadneedle street, London E C |
| Marlow, Henry & Son |
builders, Station road |
| Marlow & Son |
printers, 19 High st |
| Marlow, Frank |
shopkeeper, 48 Paddock Lane |
| Marlow,
George Essex |
surveyor & sanitary inspector to the Urban District
Council, 86 High street |
| Marlow, Harold |
confectioner, 62 Station road |
| Michael, Percy |
grocer, 54 Gold street |
| More, John M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond |
surgeon; surgery, High st |
| Morris & Son |
grocers, 32 & 34 Station road |
| Morris, Wm. |
confectioner, Station rd |
| Murkett, Arthur |
baker, Buckwell st |
| Muskett, William |
farmer, The Grange |
| Nicholson, John William |
boot maker, 18 Havelock street |
| Noon, William Richard |
stationer, Post office, 77 High street |
| Page, Clarke |
boot & shoe maker, King st |
| Page, Hiram |
chimney sweeper |
| Paine, Jas |
furniture dealer, 118 High st |
| Paine, James Jesse |
insurance agent, 10 Nichols street |
| Panter, Chas. Reuben |
beer retailer, 66 Station road |
| Panter, Henry |
shopkeeper, 2 New st |
| Public Telephone Call Office |
(Albert F. Harrold, in charge), 11 Station rd |
| Racher, Robert James |
watch maker, 4 Havelock street |
| Reynolds Waterhouse & Co. corset manufacturers (branch) |
| Riley, Benjamin |
boot & shoe manufr |
| Robinson, Mary (Mrs) |
shopkeeper, 89 Union street |
| Rochester, Charles Dixon A.R.I.B.A. |
architect, see Cayley & Rochester |
| Sheepbridge Iron Stone Co. Limited |
| Shepperson, Jn
Thos |
grocer, 38 High st |
| Stanton Iron Works Co. Limited, iron ore proprietors |
| Summerley, Harry |
fishmonger, 48 Station road |
| Summerley, John |
boot ma., 98 High st |
| Sumner, Geo. Ward J.P. |
horse dealer |
| Tailby, Alfred |
carpenter, Station rd |
| Tailby, George William |
butcher, 54 Station road & High street |
| Tailby, William |
farmer |
| Tebbutt, Arth. |
fishmgr, 85 High st |
| Tebbutt, George T |
baker, 88 High st |
| Tebbutt, Joseph |
Angel inn, High st |
| Territorial Force Battalion (4th) Northamptonshire
Regiment (G Co. Capt. H. M. Wilson; Color-Sergt. John Thomas Langley,
York road, Kettering, drill instructor) |
| Thompson,
Herbert L. |
Talbot inn |
|
Tomblin, Thomas, farm bailiff to the Desborough Industrial &c.
Co-operative Society Limited |
|
Toone, B. & Co. boot & shoe manufrs |
| Turner, Alfred |
florist, 34 Lower st |
| Turner, Joseph Henry |
florist, Braybrooke road |
| Webb Bros |
tailors, 52 Station road |
| West & Ellis |
coal, coke & lime mers |
| Williams, Arthur |
cycle dealer, 109 High street |
| Williams, Walt. |
confr., 16 Station rd |
| Wright, Charlie |
shopkpr, 86 High st |
| Wyatt, William Henry |
George hotel |
| Yeomans Bros. |
picture frame makers, 17 Station road |
| Yeomans, Geo. |
boot repr, 139 Union st |
| Yeomans,
Jas |
blacksmith, Buckwell st |
| Yeomans, Montague |
shopkeeper, 40 Station road & 78 High street |
| York, James |
florist, 14 Regent street |