| ~ 1800 BC |
Neolithic and Beaker finds in the area. |
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Watling Street used by ancient people as a trackway. |
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| 00 AD |
Crucifixion of Jesus. |
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| 45 AD |
Romans settled in Towcester. |
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| 61 AD |
Boudica at Cuttle Mill on Watling Street. |
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| c150 |
Roman villa (farm + buildings) and timber shrine built in Cosgrove. |
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| c190 |
Bath and house fell into disuse and were demolished.
Temple constructed. |
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| c280 |
Villa declines. Alterations to the Temple |
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| 394 |
Christianity becomes official religon of Britain. |
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| 400 AD |
Temple still standing but disused. |
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| 410 AD |
Roman soldiers left Towcester. |
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| c500 |
Legends of King Arthur. |
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| c600 |
Saxon activity - pottery near Roman Villa site. |
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Saxon and Aglian invasion in the area. |
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| c890 |
Viking activity - area under Danelaw defined by Watling Street. |
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| 900 AD |
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| c917 |
Edward the Elder holds the Danes at Stony Stratford. Northampton area cedes to West Saxons. |
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| 1086 |
Cosgrove and Forho recorded in the Domesday Book. |
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| 1131 |
Area passed to Maudit family by the King. |
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| c1180 |
Cosgrove Church in Diocese of Lincoln. Early Chancel building. Chancel corbels carved. |
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| 1215 |
King John besieged in Northampton Castle by the Barons. |
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| 1220 |
Church advowson purchased by Knights Hospitallers after the Crusades. |
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| c1250 |
Towcester Market established. |
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| c1280 |
North Aisle built in the Church. |
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| 1290 |
Eleanor of Castile's funeral cortege passes Cosgrove - her cross was built at Stony Stratford. |
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| 1315 |
Heavy rain brings two year famine. |
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| 1330 |
Frankpledge court at Cosgrove and Furtho reported "since time immemorial". |
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| 1349 |
Black Death overwhelms Northamptonshire. |
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| c1350 |
Church Tower constructed - 84 feet high.
The original East window was replaced in the Church. |
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| 1400 AD |
Owning an English Bible is outlawed. |
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| c1450 |
Santa Maria bell cast. Chancel arch rebuilt after the fire. |
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| 1464 |
Elizabeth Woodville secretly marries Edward IV at Grafton. |
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| 1483 |
Princes in the Tower captured at the Rose and Crown, Stony Stratford. |
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| 1512 |
Church recorded as "St Peter's" only. |
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| 1526 |
Henry VIII acquires Grafton Manor, where courts Ann Boleyn. |
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Henry VIII meets Wolsey at Grafton to try to resolve a divorce. |
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Church of England recognises Henry VIII as Supreme Head. |
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| 1536 |
Dissolution of the Monasteries and complete religious reorganisation begins. |
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| 1539 |
Church passes from Lincoln to Peterborough diocese - still called St Peter's. |
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| 1542 |
Cosgrove Manor annexed to the Honour of Grafton. |
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| 1586 |
The church chancel is restored after the fire. |
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| 1600 AD |
The Church alter rail was built around this time. The oldest Church memorials date from this time. |
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| 1605 |
Gunpowder Plotters escape up Watling Street heading for Ashby St Leger. |
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| 1612 |
Northamptonshire witch Trials. |
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| c1640 |
Cosgrove Manor House (Later Cosgrove Priory) built. |
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| 1643 |
10,000 Cavaliers stationed at Towcester in the Civil War. |
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| 1645 |
Battle of Naseby, Northamptonshire. |
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| 1653-60 |
Puritan control of Church in England. |
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| 1665 |
The Great Plague overwhelms Towcester. |
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| 1675 |
Great Fire destroys Northampton. |
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| 1676 |
Great Fire destroys Towcester. |
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| 1698 |
Reverend John Mansel becomes Rector of the Church. |
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| 1700 AD |
Watling Street becomes a Turnpike road. |
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| c1730 |
Church Weathercock installed. Tower doorway built. Vestry board inscription. |
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| C1740 |
Cosgrove Hall built. |
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Church advowson passes to Mansel family. |
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| 1805 |
Canal opens through Cosgrove.
Admiral Moorsom captains the "Revenge" at Trafalgar.
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| 1810 |
Henry Longueville Mansel (Younger), philosopher, born in Cosgrove. |
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| 1820 |
Restoration of the Church by E.F. Law - Priest's door. First organ installed. |
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| 1838 |
Wolverton railway works developed employing many Cosgrove men. |
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| 1854 |
Cholera epidemic in Towcester. |
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| 1864 |
Further Church restorations by Edward Swinfen Harris. |
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| 1868 |
Reverend Henry Mansel is appointed Dean of St. Paul's, London, by Disraeli. |
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| 1876 |
Towcester Racecourse built. |
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| 1878 |
McCorquodale Printers established in Wolverton employing many Cosgrove people. |
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| 1887 |
Church Chancel roof and part of walls rebuilt. Gallery removed from the north aisle. Present organ installed. |
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| c1890 |
Weight driven clock installed in Church Tower in memory of Major Thorold's wife. |
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| 1901 |
Queen Victoria died. |
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| 1914 -1918 |
First World War - many Cosgrove men recorded on Church memorial. |
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| 1936 |
Treble bell made for Church to celebrate Silver Jubilee of George V. |
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| 1939-1945 |
Second World War. |
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| 1959 |
Northampton section of M1 opens using Cosgrove gravel from Cosgrove Park area. |
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| 1967 |
Milton Keynes New City inauguration. |
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| 2000 |
Church Millennium project - North door reopened. Upper room, toilet and kitchen constructed. |
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| 2010 |
Last leather works closes in Cosgrove. |
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| 2012 |
Diane Whittaker becomes first female incumbent of Cosgrove Church. |
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