A History of Kettering
Publisher: NPI Media Group
Kettering evolved from rural origins as one of the manors of the great Abbey of Peterborough. It grew into a market town and, on a main route from London to the Midlands, drew extra trade from serving wayfarers. After the Reformation, which severed its long ties with Peterborough, Kettering became a notable centre of Puritanism and from the time of Charles II was one of those Midland towns where Nonconformity survived, and then came to flourish. The rivalries of Church and Dissent played a major role in its