Rothwell Heritage with
Desborough and Rothwell Art Gallery

Rothwell from The Bronze Age to the 20th Century - we are working towards a display covering the rear and side walls showing the evolution of the settlements on this site [ground floor]

Rothwell’s Boot and Shoe Industry – Taylors factory – Last and Making Room – finishing Dept and Shoe Room [first floor]

The Buswells - starting from 1850 - years of change at 14-16 Bridge Street - Buswell family archive [first floor]

Rothwell School Photographs are now downstairs in a folderwith Family History in Local Resources.

Changing Exhibitions

Their Past, Your Future
We were one of just 28 organisations nationwide which was successful in its bid for nearly £10,000 cash from the Big Lottery Fund for our project 'Evacuation In Rothwell'. We now have 5 portable exhibition panels which are on display downstairs at the Heritage Centre form 5th February 2010. This is part of a nationwide programme called 'Their Past, Your Future' being run by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council.

[These panels are available to be loaned out to schools and community groups, along with the 'Market House' loans box of replica wartime objects. Go to Education Services]

Fote Fair

Montsaye School
We have, once again displayed the 1957 whole school picture of Montsaye School. We are still looking for a number of pupils' names, so if you have any such information please let us know.

Collections Description

Rothwell is a typical market-town with connections back to the Domesday Book and Anciet Charter for fair and market granted by King John. The collections consist mainly items donated from localresidents which reflect the town's agricultural, industrial, social and cultural past.

A display showing the tools and working practices of the past boot and shoe trade in the town and another of ironstone quarrying with steam engines carrying the ore to furnaces in Kettering and Corby.