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desborough wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 transport 3 churches toggle churches subsection 3 1 partnership 4 government and community 5 co operative movement 6 sport and leisure 7 media 8 education 9 notable residents 10 references 11 external links toggle the table of contents desborough 19 languages تۆرکجه cebuano cymraeg deutsch español euskara فارسی français gaeilge italiano ladin nederlands norsk nynorsk polski română svenska türkçe اردو volapük edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 52 26 23 n 0 49 02 w 52 4398 n 0 8172 w 52 4398 0 8172 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia town in north northamptonshire england for the hundred in buckinghamshire see desborough hundred for lord desborough see william grenfell 1st baron desborough human settlement in england desborough map credit desborough location within northamptonshire population 11 910 2021 os grid reference sp805835 civil parish desborough unitary authority north northamptonshire ceremonial county northamptonshire region east midlands country england sovereign state united kingdom post town kettering postcode district nn14 dialling code 01536 police northamptonshire fire northamptonshire ambulance east midlands uk parliament kettering list of places uk england northamptonshire 52 26 23 n 0 49 02 w 52 4398 n 0 8172 w 52 4398 0 8172 desborough is a town and civil parish in north northamptonshire england lying in the ise valley between market harborough and kettering it was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe making in the 19th century and had a long association with the co operative movement 1 history edit the celtic desborough mirror british museum desborough s origins lie in the bronze age of about 2000 bc urns from that period have been found in and around the town 2 many archaeological finds from the iron age and the anglo saxon period have also been made some such as the 1st century desborough mirror 3 4 and the anglo saxon desborough necklace 5 are now in the possession of the british museum 6 domesday book 1086 refers to desborough as a place of judgement the name itself is thought to have derived from disburg which meant a sacred and fortified place in the high street centrepiece of what is now the market square stands a pillar that is called locally the town cross though it is a square column topped by a stone ball it is thought to have served as a gateway pillar from harrington hall from the 17th century desborough developed around the spinning and weaving industries the town s factories used local wool and flax to produce fine cloth and linen until the mid 19th century silk weaving then developed in a paddock lane factory and shoe making also gained importance the cross desborough transport edit desborough lies five miles 8 km south east of market harborough north west of kettering and south west of corby the a6 rothwell desborough bypass opened on 14 august 2003 between 1857 and 1968 desborough had a railway station opened and operated by the midland railway later the london midland and scottish railway and after nationalisation british rail this was part of an extension of its network from leicester to bedford and hitchin but it was closed under the beeching cuts churches edit desborough has an anglican parish church st giles s along with a baptist church 7 a united reformed church 8 and the roman catholic church of the holy trinity 9 st giles s church anglican is the oldest surviving building in the town dating from about 1225 it is believed to stand on the site of an earlier saxon church its relics from the town s history include part of an anglo saxon cross carved from stone a tudor rood screen and reminders of the english civil war close by the church is the 18th century church house with stuccoed doric pillars this became desborough house in the 19th century and is now the services club partnership edit on 7 september 1969 an anglican methodist partnership was inaugurated in the presence of the bishop of peterborough and the chairman of the oxford district 10 since then a methodist minister has been working in partnership with the anglican vicar st giles is part of the anglican united benefice of desborough and brampton ash with braybrooke and dingley 11 it has regular church festivals including one of the united kingdom s largest and longest running christmas tree festivals over 100 trees held since 1998 the trees are contributed by local organisations companies families and individuals the kettering leg of the annual student cross pilgrimage to walsingham starts near desborough government and community edit governance of desborough lies in descending order with the north northamptonshire unitary council from april 2021 and the local desborough town council 12 desborough belongs to the charter of european rural communities which links it to 27 other eu member towns and villages 13 it is twinned with neuville de poitou in the vienne department of france and with bièvre in the walloon region of belgium 14 the desborough community development trust campaigns for improvements to the town 15 co operative movement edit with the intention of preventing exploitation of workers by agents and employers local men founded the desborough co operative society in 1863 starting with local shops and then a corset and lingerie factory the desborough co op once had a department store a bank a supermarket a travel agents a ladies shoe and clothing shop and a number of corner stores after several mergers the town is now served by the central england co op over the years a number of its functions have ceased including the bank branch and the ladies shoe and clothing shop however a co operative undertakers has opened in one of the former corner shops the former co op corset factory now owned by wacoal eveden ltd 16 makes lingerie and swimwear the site includes the original victorian factory and immediately opposite eveden s warehousing and uk factory shop the former co operative society sports ground with a football field and tennis courts is now covered by a housing development desbeau park desbeau being the name of a range of lingerie made at the corset factory sport and leisure edit desborough has a non league football team desborough town f c which plays at waterworks field the town s leisure complex was built in the later months of 2012 it holds a gym a café a football court a basketball court and an outside skate park every sunday morning local volunteers organise desborough greenspace junior parkrun held a desborough leisure centre a free 2km event aimed at increasing physical activity in children aged 4 14 years and providing volunteering opportunities within the community for all ages in 2019 it won the then kettering borough council community project of the year followed by the northamptonshire sport award for the countywide community project of the year media edit local news and television programmes are provided by bbc east and itv anglia television signals are received from the sandy heath tv transmitter 17 local radio stations are bbc radio northampton heart east smooth east midlands formerly connect fm and shire sounds community based radio station 18 the town is served by these local newspapers northamptonshire evening telegraph harborough mail and northampton chronicle and echo 19 20 21 education edit the town has a primary school cum infant junior school consisting of loatlands primary 22 and combined havelock infant and junior schools 23 secondary education takes place outside the town 24 notable residents edit in birth order john reynolds fl 1600s a tinker known as captain pouch and a leader of the 1607 anti enclosure midland revolt was said to be from desborough 25 jane west 1758 1852 novelist poet and writer of conduct literature was brought up in desborough lewis cave 1832 1897 a queen s bench judge was born in desborough lawrence holland 1887 1956 played cricket for northamptonshire and died in desborough f r g heaf 1894 1973 professor of medicine and tuberculosis researcher was born in the town cecil kilborn a bradford city footballer in 1919 1924 was born in desborough in 1902 reggie meen 1907 1984 heavyweight boxer won the british title in 1931 references edit desborough co operative society jubilee souvenir a family story retrieved 12 september 2012 british history online desborough retrieved 16 august 2017 british museum the desborough mirror retrieved 13 september 2012 about desborough heritage centre the official website for the town of desborough in northants desboroughheritagecentre co uk retrieved 12 september 2012 british museum the desborough necklace retrieved 16 august 2017 desborough heritage centre retrieved 18 january 2017 desborough baptist church retrieved 12 september 2012 desborough united reformed church retrieved 16 august 2017 welcome to holy trinity roman catholic church desborough retrieved 16 august 2017 church partnership marks 40 years bbc news 7 september 2009 retrieved 16 august 2017 four northamptonshire churches retrieved 16 august 2017 town council desborough town council 31 march 2012 archived from the original on 25 february 2013 retrieved 12 september 2012 charter members charter of european rural communities archived from the original on 16 august 2017 retrieved 16 august 2017 our twin towns and cities kettering borough council retrieved 16 august 2017 site under development retrieved 19 july 2020 eveden full freeview on the sandy heath central bedfordshire england transmitter uk free tv 1 may 2004 retrieved 12 november 2023 shire sounds retrieved 12 november 2023 northamptonshire telegraph british papers 10 july 2013 retrieved 12 november 2023 harborough mail british papers 14 october 2013 retrieved 12 november 2023 northampton chronicle and echo british papers 19 july 2013 retrieved 12 november 2023 loatlands primary school loatlands primary school retrieved 16 august 2017 havelock schools website havelock schools retrieved 16 august 2017 secondary schools near desborough retrieved 30 october 2017 stow john 1615 the annales or generall chronicle of england london pp 889 890 retrieved 8 august 2019 external links edit desborough town council website desborough flickr group pictures of desborough v t e ceremonial county of northamptonshire unitary authorities north northamptonshire west northamptonshire major settlements cities in italics brackley burton latimer corby daventry desborough duston finedon higham ferrers irthlingborough kettering northampton oundle raunds rothwell rushden thrapston towcester wellingborough wootton see also list of civil parishes in northamptonshire rivers river avon river cherwell river great ouse harper s brook river ise river nene rains brook river tove river welland willow brook wootton brook canals grand union canal oxford canal topics parliamentary constituencies places sssis country houses flag grade i buildings grade ii buildings scheduled monuments history lord lieutenants high sheriffs museums soke of peterborough diocese of peterborough rail transport authority control databases international viaf gnd worldcat national united states israel other yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title desborough oldid 1359394768 categories desborough towns in 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