Finedon Local History Society

How Well Do You Know Finedon?

Answers to the questions:

1. In what year did the great fire of Finedon take place? 1739
2. How far did the fire travel? 214 yards

3. In what year did the Volta Tower fall down? 1951

4. Other than St Mary’s Church what is the oldest building in Finedon?
Part of the Old Boys School, School Lane
5. When did the current Infant School open? 1931
6. Who was Mr Ollis? School Master

7. Why was the lake in the Grove drained? Due to an outbreak of typhoid

8. Which is the odd one out: Volta Tower, Ice Tower, or Water Tower?
Water Tower – it is brick built. The other two were built with stone

9. How did Tenter Lane get its name?
Possibly from its proximity to the Tenter Yard

10 Where was the Regent Cinema?
Regent Street, now Regent House

11 Who was Huffey White?
Robbed the mail coach at the crossroads in 1787

12 Who, associated with Mackworth Green, has the initials JED?
John English Dolben
13 What was Thomas Flawn famous for?
Being awarded the Victoria Cross in 1879
14 What type of tree stood outside the Tudor Gate? Cedar of Lebanon

15 Where was Willy Wells?
Thrapston Road, on the site of the recently demolished United
Biscuits
16 What is North East Street called today? High Street
17 Complete the rhyme, “Furl up your sail and….? anchor here
18 What was the name of the Yard which stood on what is now Mr & Mrs
Hendry’s garden? Johnson’s Yard
19 Which item, now housed in the church, was recovered from the Grove?
The Font
20 Why was the Obelisk built?
As a direction pillar and to celebrate the blessings of 1789
21 Who stands in a niche at the Bell Inn? Queen Edith
22 Who was the last resident of Finedon Hall prior to its sale in 1912?
Edith Mackworth Dolben
23 Who were the Finedon Revellers? A football team

24 Name one Finedon cricketer who has played for Northamptonshire?
One name from the following: Bod Clark, John Minney, Tim Roberts,

Andy Roberts or Arthur Henfrey

25 Where is Garrow Close spinney?

On the parish boundary, on the left of Irthlingborough Road

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