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Brief History of the Village from Kelly's Directory 1910
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| RAUNDS is a parish and large village, with a station on the Kettering and Cambridge section of the Midland railway, about 1½ miles north-east from the village, 4½ miles south from Thrapston, 4 north-east from Higham Ferrers and 69 from London, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Higham Ferrers, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Thrapston, rural deanery of Higham Ferrers (second portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough. By Local Government Board Order No. 37,051, which came into operation 1st October, 1897, an Urban District Council of 12 members was formed, under the provisions of the "Local Government Act, 1894" (56 and 57 Vict. ch. 73). The sewage works were completed in 1896 by the Urban District Council. The church of St. Peter is a noble edifice of stone, in the Early English style, with Decorated and Perpendicular insertions, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south chantry, south porch and a western tower, with broach spire, containing a clock and 8 bells, two of which were presented in 1897 by J. Kingsmith in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, 6 originally cast in 1732, the 5th and tenor were recast in 1878, the tenor again recast and augmented in 1898; the spire, 186 feet in height, having been struck by lightning 31 July, 1826, and severely injured, was taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £1,731; it was again struck by lightning 23 Jan. 1895, and restored at a cost of £111: the lower stage of the tower is groined and has a screen: the communion table of carved oak was the gift of Gilbert Negouse, buried here Aug. 3rd, 1630: the font is a curious circular example, on a moulded pedestal, and has a carved ram's head projecting from one side: there is a monument with brass and arms to William Gage esq. of Magilligem, county Derry, Ireland, ob. 1632, who bequeathed £10 anunally for 40 years to the poor of this parish; at the east end, in the sanctuary, on a large stone, are effigies of a man and woman in brass with an invocatory inscription commemorating John Tawyer, ob. 25th Jan. 1370, and Margaret, his wife, and below are figures of four daughters and a shield of arms; on an adjoining stone is the effigy of a woman, with those of four sons and five daughters, and a shield of the same arms: there is also a panelled altar-tomb, inscribed to John Wales, vicar, ob. 1596: in the chancel is a coffin slab of the 13th century ornamented with a rich floriated cross, and supposed to be the tombstone of the founder of the church: in the church are pre-Reformation wall paintings, and also the dial of a 15th century clock, bearing the inscription, "Pray for the soules of John Elen & Sara his wife." The church was restored, at a cost of upwards of £4,000, from designs by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. and reopened in June, 1874: in 1893 a new organ was presented by Mr. John Kingsmith, at a cost of £1,200: in 1900 the chancel was renovated by the lay rector, H. L. Storey esq. of Lancaster: in the churchyard is the base of an ancient cross. The register dates from the year 1581. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £220, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough, and held since 1906 by the Rev. Herbert Kearsley Fry M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The first authenticated incumbent was John de Twyford in 1254. There is a Baptist chapel and a Wesleyan chapel with Sunday and day schools, built in 1874, at a cost of nearly £3,000; the chapel will hold 800 people, and has a large burial ground attached. The Primitive Methodist, chapel was erected in 1899. The Temperance Hall, built in 1859, will hold 350 persons. The curfew is rung here at 8 p m. daily from Michaelmas to Lady Day (Sundays excepted), and this place may be regarded as the head quarters of the "Raunds, Wellingborough and District Society of Church Bell Singers." Raunds is a place of considerable importance for the manufacture of boots and shoes, chiefly for the Government. At Raunds was born John Grimbald, who built Trinity College library and part of Clare College, Cambridge. The charities, amounting to about £27 yearly, are chiefly derived from 18 acres of land left by John Blaise, of Raunds, and six cottages formerly belonging to Nicholl's charity, but the property has been sold and the proceeds invested in Consols; the interest arising is distributed in coal on St. Thomas' Day to the poor of the parish. H.M. the King and Sir Herbert Charles Arthur Langham bart. of Cottesbrooke Park, are lords of the manor. Sir H Langham bart. H. L. Storey esq. Messrs. T. C. Jeeves, Harold Nichols, the trustees of S. Brown and the vicar are the principal landowners, and there are some smaller proprietors. The soil is chiefly clay, with some light scaly land; subsoil, clay; and in the neighbourhood of the village, white rock and ironstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, seeds and roots. The area of the civil parish and Urban District is 4,452 acres of land and 8 of water; rateable value, £14,132; the population in 1901 was 3,811. |
Services
Parish Clerk, John Wilmott.
Post, M. 0. & T. & Telkephone Call Office—George Walker, postmaster. Letters arrive from Wellingborough at 7 & 11.5 a.m. & 7 p.m.; dispatched at 9.20 a.m. & 4.45, 6.50 & 8 p.m.; no delivery or dispatch on Sundays. Wall Letter Boxes, cleared at (High street) 10.15 a.m. & 5.5 p.m.; (Thorpe street) 8.35 a.m. & 4 & 6 p.m. & (Grove street) 8.40 a.m. & 4.5 & 6.5 p.m. week days only.
Public Elementary Schools
Mixed, built, with master's residence, in 1859, from designs by the late Mr. Street, & enlarged in 1882, at a cost of £110, & further enlarged in 1896 at a cost of £350, for 232 children; average attendance, 216; Jesse Shelmerdine, master.
Infants', built in 1869, & enlarged in 1874 at a cost of £180 & again enlarged in 1897, by Talbot-Brown & Fisher of Wellingborough, at a cost of £1,400 for 258 children; average attendance, 223; Miss Grace Richardson, mistress.
Wesleyan Day (mixed), established in 1848, re-organised in 1861, enlarged in 1870 & again in 1895 at a cost of £1,600, & a new approach was added in 1898; it will now hold 429 children; average attendance, 342. A school house is attached, but not now used. The school was endowed under the will of the late William Nichols esq. in 1872 with £250; Leon G. Harold Lee F.R.Met.Soc., A.C.P. head master; Miss Amy Beeby, infants' mistress.
Railway Station, Alfred John King, station master
Police Station, John Wright Avery, sergt. & 1 constable
Carrier—William Peck, to Thrapston, tues, & sat; to Wellingborough, mon., wed. & fri. & to Rushden mon. & sat. afternoon.
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Raunds Urban District Council
Council meets 2nd Monday in each month at the Coffee Tavern.
All retire April 1911.
Chairman, John Adams C.C.
Vice-Chairman, Jesse Shelmerdine.
Officials.
Treasurer, Charles Modlen, Northants Union Bank Lim.
Clerk & Collector, William Fellows Corby
Medical Officer of Health, W. Mackenzie L.B.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin., L.F.P.S.Glas.
Inspector of Nuisances & Surveyor, Thomas Yorke
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Members
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| James Adams |
| John Bass |
| Albert Cumozzi |
| Walter Denton |
| Joseph Gant |
| James Hodson |
| Leon G. Harold Lee |
| Enos Smith |
| George Ernest Smith |
| Horace Streather |
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| Private Residents |
| John, Darsdale |
| Coggins, Mrs. The Hall |
| Fisher Amos, The Delves |
| Fry Rev. Herbert Kearsley M.A., Vicarage |
| Horrell John, The Maples |
| Jeeves Thomas Charles,Grove house |
| Lee Leon G. H., F.R.Met.S. Kingswood |
| Mackenzie William, Aberlour house |
| Smith Enos J.P |
| Smith George Ernest, Trevarneth |
| Tebbutt John Thomas, Parkville |
| Commercial |
| Early closing day, Wed. 2 p.m. |
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Adams Brothers, wholesale boot & shoe, boot upper & legging manufacturers & government contractor.
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| Adams Thomas, builder |
| Allen Brothers, wheelwrights |
| Amos Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
| Arnold Sarah Hannah (Mrs.), dressmaker |
| Asbery Wm. & Sons, cabinet makers |
| Atkins Thomas, Wheatsheaf P.H |
| Bailey Charles D. Railway inn |
| Bass John, boot & shoe maker |
| Beeby John, baker |
| Black John Wm. boot & shoe manufr |
| Brightwell Hugh, beer retailer, grocer & provision dlr |
| Brown Arthur Geo. F.A.I, auctioneer & valuer, accountant, estate & insurance agent, Bank chambers; & Market Place, Thrapston |
| Cave J. & G. & Co. millers, merchants, grocers & musical instrument dealers, Excello works |
| Chambers Ernest & Enos, boot heel makers |
| Chambers James, boot heel manufr |
| Clark John Bunyan & Son, shopkeepers |
| Clark Emma (Mrs.) George & Dragon P.H |
| Clark Isaac, coal merchant |
| Clark John Hills, boot manufacturer |
| Clarke & Haynes, wholesale boot & shoe manuf's |
Clarke Jn. W. assistant supt. Refuge Assurance Co. Limited, Grove st
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| Cobley William, beer retailer |
| Coggins Robert, boot manufacturer & government contractor |
| Coles Ellen (Mrs.), horse & trap dealer |
| Corby Fred Arnold, deputy registrar of marriages Raunds sub-district, Thrapston union |
| Corby John Henry, news agent |
| Corby William Fellows, clerk & collector to Urban District Council & assist. overseer for parishes of Hargrave, Stanwick, Raunds & Chelveston, assessor & collector of taxes, clerk to Raunds sub-committee Northamptonshire Old Age Pension Committee & insurance agent, Hawarden house |
| Denton Walter, farmer |
| Disher Edith (Miss), draper |
Eady Robt. & Son, bakers & farmers
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| Edwards Brothers, curriers |
| Ekins Wm. & John, butchers & farmers |
| Harrington Frederick, farmer |
| Ferry Thomas, wagonette proprietor |
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| Commercial |
| Gambrell William, blacksmith |
| Gant Joseph, chemist & druggist |
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Gates Walter, boot & shoe manufr. See Neal & Gates
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| Gaunt Ernest, hair dresser |
| Gaunt George, farmer |
| Gaunt Henry, beer retailer |
| George Oscar, shopkeeper |
| Groom Alfred, baker |
| Groom Mary (Mrs.), baker |
| Harrison Amos, beer retailer |
| Hazeldine Robert, butcher & grazier |
| Haynes John, boot manufacturer, see Clarke & Haynes |
| Haynes John Henry, cycle agent |
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Hazeldine Walter, butcher
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| Head Cecil, tailor, see Sanders & Head |
| Hornsby George P. shopkeeper |
| Horrell John & Son, army contractors & wholesale boot & shoe manuftrs |
| Hunnybun & Sons, solicitors |
| Incley Frank, farmer & cattle dealer |
| Jeeves Thos. Chas. frmr. Grove house |
| Jervis Thos. G. hairdresser & shopkeeper |
| Johnson George, tailor |
| Knighton Hannah (Mrs.), Robin Hood P.H |
| Knighton William, news agent |
| Lawrence James, builder |
| Lawrence Walt, boot & shoe manufr |
| Light & Coke Co. Limited (Joseph C. Swinburne, manager & sec) |
| Lightstrung Cycle Co. cycle manufrs |
| Lyne Sarah (Mrs.), draper |
| Mackenzie Wm. L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. L.F.P.H. Glas. physician & surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, C District Thrapston union, & medical officer of health Raunds Urban District Council & certifying factory surgeon. Aberlour house |
| McLeod George Anderson, watch maker |
| Maddock William, beer retailer |
| March Frederick Wm. printer & stationer |
| Masters Brothers, cycle manufacturers |
| Meadows John, fishmonger |
| Mitchell William Henry, dairyman |
Modlen Charles, manager of the Northamptonshire Union Bank & treasurer to the Urban District
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| Moore Silas, carpenter & wheelwright |
| Nash Geo. hair dresser & tobacconist |
| Neal & Gates, boot & shoe manufrs |
| Nichols Chas. Edwd. boot & shoe mnfr |
| Northamptonshire Union Bank Ltd. (branch) (Charles Modlen, manager; attends on mon. & wed. 11 to 12; & fridays, 12 to 3); draw on Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd, 20 Birchin lane, London E C |
| Nunley Owen, fishmonger |
| Nunley Thomas, tailor |
| Palmer's Stores, grocers |
| Partrick Wm. stone & marble mason |
| Peck William, carrier |
| Pell Susan (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
| Pettit William, farmer |
| Pettitt John Thos. Golden Fleece P.H. |
| Pulpher George, rope maker |
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| Commercial |
| Raunds Conservative Club Ltd, (Harry March, sec) |
| Raunds Distributive Co-operative Society Limited |
| Raunds Hotel & Coffee Tavern Co. Limited (George Baldwin, manager) |
| Rands Productive Society Limited, wholesale boot & shoe manufactrs |
| Reynolds Charles, boot sole sewer |
| Rixon Bros, bakers & confectioners |
| Robinson Harry, pork butcher |
| Robinson John Henry W., solicitor |
| Rooksby Sydney, hairdresser |
| Russell Frank, butcher |
| St. Crispin's Productive Society Ltd. wholesale boot & shoe manufacturers |
| Sanders & Head, ladies' & gents' tailors (with Messrs. Wingell 16 years), The Square |
| Sanders Harry Arthur, watch maker |
| Shaw William & Son, basket makers |
| Smith E. & Son, builders & contractors & brick & tile manufacturers |
| Smith Benjamin, butcher |
| Smith Fred, Cock P.H |
| Smith Owen, wholrsale boot & shoe mnfr |
| Spicer Wm. Hy., plumber & painter |
| Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co. Limited (open mon. fri.) (Joseph Gant, agent); draw on Barclay & Company Limited |
| Stanton, Nathaniel, farmer |
| Star Tea Co |
| Stock George, tailor & outfitter |
| Streather Horace, plumber & painter |
| Streather Mary Ann (Mrs.), The Globe P.H |
| Stubbs Joseph, Foresters Arms P.H |
| Sykes Wm. Baker, plumber & glazier |
| Tanner William Henry, wheelwright |
| Tebbutt & Hall Bros., boot & shoe mfrs |
| Temperance Hall (Temperance Hall Co. proprietors: John Bass, sec) |
| Thompson Reuben, greengrocer |
| Turnill Thomas, pork butcher |
| Vickers Herbert Ethen, shopkeeper |
| Vorley Joseph, town crier & bill poster |
| Walker George, harness maker, Post office |
| Warth Thomas Hy., Farmer, The Grange |
| Webster James A., butcher |
| Wellington Boot & Shoe Co. Limited |
| Whitney George Edgar, beer retailer |
| Wills Whitney, supt. Refuge Assurance Co. Limited |
| Wilson John Thomas, shopkeeper |
| Wingell Thomas, butcher & farmer |
Woodbine Working Men's Club
(Wm. Lawrence, sec) |
| Wright H. W. & E., boot & shoe mfrs |
| Wright Ernest, chimney sweeper |
| York Christopher, blacksmith |
| Yorke Thomas, surveyor & inspector of nuisances to the Urban District Council |
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