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The Northampton Mercury, 12th February 1772, transcribed by Kay Collins
Whereas, on Monday the 15th of this Instant February, about Seven o’Clock in the Morning in the County of Northampton, at a Homestead in the Occupation of Timothy Bond, and another on Tuesday, upon the same Premises, supposed at both, Limes to be maliciously set on fire, by some Person or Persons unknown: Now this is to give Notice that if any Person can give Information by whom this Offence was committed, so that they may be brought to justice, shall, upon Conviction of the Offender, receive FIVE GUINEAS Reward of the Parish Officers under-mentioned.
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Thomas Sanders
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Churchwardens
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Robert Crick |
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James Denton
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Overseers of the poor
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William Bluff |
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| Wellingborough News, 19th April 1884, transcribed by Kay Collins
UMNEY—CHAPMAN—On the 16th inst., at the Register Office, Wellingborough, John Umney to Mary Chapman, both of Wollaston.
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Rushden Echo, 12th January 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Irchester
One case of diphtheria at Irchester and five at Wollaston were reported at the Rural District Council on Wednesday.
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Rushden Echo, 26th October 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Wollaston - Honour for Nurse—Miss K Sanders, daughter of Mr J N Sanders, farmer, has been honoured by the King of the Belgians, who has conferred upon her the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Leopold II. Miss Sanders has been for two years on the nursing staff of the Queen of the Belgians’ Hospital at La Panne.
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Rushden Echo, 30th November 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Award - Pte Alfred Brawn, R.A.M.C., son of the late Mr Thos Brawn, of Wollaston, has been awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery under shell fire.
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The Rushden Echo, 30th November 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Wollaston - A Strike occurred at Messrs Phillips’ factory on Wednesday, and 30 girls came out. Mr C Bates, of Rushden, president of the Rushden branch of the Boot Operatives Union, met Mr Phillips in the morning, and later the girls returned to work.
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