Despite the fundamental importance of shelter for everyone, the number of items specifically relating to the history of housing in Northamptonshire identified below is modest. If you are able to suggest other relevant free resources that you think should be added, please send details by email to:
- Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire by M V J Seaborne [1964] (page 215)
- Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire - a Postscript by M V J Seaborne [1965] (page 283)
- Homes before Heroes: early council housing in three East Midlands counties by Paul Griffiths [2023] (page 233) This article focuses on council housing provided in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and south Lincolnshire before 1914 and related issues.
- Migration, work and housing in Northampton, 1841-71 by Frank Clifford German [2017]
- Model Housing in Victorian Northamptonshire by Martin Gaskell [2015]
- Northampton's Working Class Homeowners: Myth or Reality? by Marie Dickie [1989] (page 69)
- On Labourers' Cottages by Thomas James [1849]
- Seaborne Re-visited: Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire 2004 by Heather Bird [2005] (page 54) Discusses surviving distribution and details of construction across the county.
- Small Stone Houses in Northamptonshire by M V J Seaborne [1963] (page 141)
- Small Stone Houses in Northamptonshire: A Postscript on Cruck Construction by Malcolm Seaborne [1971] (page 367)
- The Northamptonshire Freehold Land Society and the origins of modern Far Cotton by John Lovell [1992] (page 299)
- Two Garden Suburbs in Northampton That Never Were: The Spencer Estate, Dallington and the Delapré Garden Village by Bruce Bailey [2013] (page 35)
Valuation Office Survey 1910-1915
The Valuation Office was responsible, along with other duties, for carrying out valuations of property as a basis for tax collection. Its records include large-scale maps showing the location of each parcel of land and field books that set out descriptions of each one along with the relevant valuations. The field books include much information about who owned each property, who lived there, its condition and the accommodation present.
The original maps and field books are held by The National Archives, which has produced an illustrated guide that can be seen and downloaded free of charge.
Many of the maps and field books, including most if not all of those for Northamptonshire, have been digitised and cross-referenced. They can be seen online at The Genealogist website (£), where the survey is referred to as the 'Lloyd George Domesday'. A free video introduces this collection with examples of the original records and what they may reveal.