The Local History of the Village of Gayton

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	Contact Details
	Rita Poxon
	01604 858562
	rita@poxon.me.uk

Glimpses of Gayton

Book Overview

Glimpses of Gayton: a pictorial history of a Northamptonshire village by Rita Poxon (178pp). Published in 2000 by Sue Clayton, Flintham, Newark.

Book Details

This was a Community project for the Millennium and was proud to have won a National Heritage Fund large award of £11,100. The Society of Genealogists recently reviewed the book saying, “Although this bills itself as a pictorial history there is a considerable amount of accompanying text derived from records and oral history. This is a very rich source for someone lucky enough to have ancestors who lived there.”

Copies of the book are available from Rita for £5.00 + £3.00 postage and packing.

Rita is always interested to hear from people with connections to Gayton, and can be contacted using the details above.

Further Glimpses of Gayton

Book Overview

Further Glimpses of Gayton: A Northampton Church and Community by Rita Poxon (89pp). Published in 2005 by Sue Clayton, Flintham, Newark.

Book Details

Copies of the book are available from Rita for £8.50 + p&p (£1.50 UK, £4.50 USA).They are also available from the Northamptonshire Record Office.

This was a project which grew from an application by a church group to put kitchen and toilet facilities into the church. The diocese required a statement of significance (or precis of the church history). Community Champions, government funding from the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Parish Council provide the finance for the printing of the book. A community event was organised to celebrate the book launch in the form of a medieval churchale.