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Unsigned Sketch titled 'Ringstead 1922'
We are told it is at Gilbert's farm - behind Dodson & Horrell
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Northampton Mercury 13th September 1806
A List of the Certificates that have been issued to Gamekeepers by the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Northampton, between the first Day of July and the eleventh Day of September 1806, both days inclusive, distinguishing the Duties paid in each respective Certificate.
On a One-Guninea Stamp:
Wittering, William, Ringstead, Servant, gamekeeper of Leonard Burton, Esq. for the manors of Ringstead and Thrapston.
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Wellingborough News, 19th September 1890, transcribed by Kay Collins
Ringstead - Accident—During the feast an aerial railway—on which the person hangs by a wooden contrivance suspended to a wire and slides rapidly through the air—was one of the attractions. Whilst a woman was amusing herself on it she fell and broke her arm. Under Dr Mackenzie’s care, however, she is going on well.
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Wellingborough News, 28th November 1890, transcribed by Kay Collins
OTTERS IN THE NENE—As Mr. Richard Hankins, shepherd to Mr. J. R. Crawley, Ringstead, was going his usual round on Sunday morning he found four full-grown otters. He got sufficiently near to strike one with his shepherd's hook while his dog rolled another about until he came up and killed it. It is known that there are a large number of otters in the neighbourhood.
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Northampton Mercury, 16th July 1903
Picnic—On Tuesday the Good Templars and members of the British Women’s Temperance Association journeyed to Ringstead Mill. Tea was provided by Mrs Muirhead, and games were indulged in. A cricket match between ladies and gentlemen was played (the gentlemen playing left handed), and won by the gentlemen by an innings.
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| Rushden Echo, 19th March 1909
Free Farms of 160 Acres, good crops, healthy climate, light taxes.—Mr. T. Swindall, emigration agent, Rushden, has arranged with Mr. R. F. Page, of Olds, Alberta, Canada, to give the fullest information regarding the prospects of employment for workers in Canada, at the Temperance Hall, Ringstead, on Thursday, March 25, from 4.30 to 5.30p.m.
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Rushden Echo, 12th August 1910, transcribed by Peter Brown
RINGSTEAD - THUNDERSTORM – On Friday, during a severe thunderstorm, an elderly woman, Mrs Ball, was struck by the lightning, and rendered unconscious for 5 hours, but is now somewhat better. Her husband Elisha Ball, was killed by lightning nine years ago.
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Rushden Echo, 31st July 1925, transcribed by Kay Collins
Ringstead—The partnership of Harry Edwin Furniss and William Robert James with George Langley, boot manufacturers, Ringstead, has been dissolved by mutual consent so far as concerns Mr Langley, who retires from the firm. The business will be carried on by Mr Furniss and Mr James.
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Northampton Mercury, 1950, courtesy of Jon Abbott
Died After Fall From Lorry — The story of how a man fell when a rope broke while he was loading sacks of leathers on to a lorry at Ringstead was related to the Borough Coroner (Mr. A. J. Darnell) at an inquest at Northampton Borough Police Station.
The inquest was a resumed one on Abraham Samuels (40), master butcher, 18 Peters-avenue, Willesden, who died in Northampton General Hospital.
The Coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. Death was from a fractured skull.
Albert Clarence Farr, tannery worker, 3 Cherry-street, Ringstead, said he was employed in his spare time to pluck poultry. Mr. Samuels called twice a year to collect feathers.
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