Grimscote, Northamptonshire

Historical Description

Grimscote, a hamlet in Cold Higham parish, Northamptonshire, 4½ miles NW of Towcester. It has a Baptist chapeL

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with the Northamptonshire Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts for Northamptonshire online.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northamptonshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Grimscote are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Northamptonshire papers online:

• Northampton Mercury
• Northants Evening Telegraph