Village trail

American memorial stone

American Memorial Stone (older trail page)

The memorial stone to ten US airmen killed in a crash near Helmdon in the Second World War, unveiled in 2010.

American memorial tablet in the church

American Memorial Tablet in the Church (older trail page)

The memorial tablet in St Mary Magdalene church to ten US airmen killed in a wartime crash, installed in 2010.

Astwell Castle

Baptist chapel

Bridge Players

The Bridge Players, the village drama group formed in 1988 to stage a pantomime.

Coach depot (old LMS station yard)

Early History

An outline of Helmdon's early history, from the Saxon name 'Elmedene' through Domesday and the medieval manors.

Enclosure

How the open fields of Helmdon were enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1758, and what it changed.

Field View House

Footpaths

The 45 public footpaths and five bridleways of Helmdon parish, and some of their history.

Fountain House

Grange Farm Barn

A photograph of Grange Farm Barn before it was converted.

Helmdon Brook

Helmdon stone quarries

Helmdon, Village of the Year 1999

How Helmdon was named Northamptonshire Village of the Year in 1999.

Lace Making

Lace making in Helmdon, a cottage craft recorded in the village from the 1841 census.

Leeden Tye

LMS railway (Blisworth to Banbury line)

Long Acre

Manor Farm

Population

Helmdon's population from the census, with figures for 2001 and 2011.

Priory Farm

Reading Room (earlier trail page)

The Reading Room, given to the village by Charles Fairbrother in 1887, as described on the village trail.

Reading Room (older trail page)

The Victorian Reading Room, given by Charles Fairbrother in 1887, with a sketch of the building.

Shortlands Cottage

St Mary Magdalene church

Stone Gables

Stuchbury (deserted village)

The bakehouse

The Bungalow Stores

The Bungalow Stores, known as 'Secky's', Helmdon's last surviving village shop.

The Campiun window

The Chequers

The Chequers, the pub opposite Helmdon School, with records going back to the 1760s.

The Chequers (site)

The Cross

The Cross, the alehouse in the hands of the Cross family for much of the 1600s and 1700s.

The Cross (old alehouse), Cross Lane

The Fat Landlord (the Bell)

The Helmdon Trail (RiverTove)

The River Tove on the village trail (unfinished page).

The Helmdon Trail (ToBeCompleted)

A village trail page still to be completed.