The Victoria history of the county of Northampton

About this book

Designed as a reference history for people studying Northamptonshire, the work ranges across the county’s natural history and Roman remains, and its first volume includes a transcription of the Domesday survey. Around Castle Ashby and the Nene, the botanical account distinguishes plants cultivated in gardens from those growing wild and records less common local species. At Helpston, it describes a Roman mosaic found in 1827, while noting that the building associated with it was never properly investigated, or at least left no record.