Desborough

Desborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England, situated in the Ise Valley between Market Harborough and Kettering. The town was a mechanical place for weaving and shoe-production in the 19th century, and has a long relationship with the Co-agent movement. Modern Desborough is a private focus, with new homes and industry being created toward the north of the old town. Desborough's causes lie in the Bronze Age around 2000 BC. Urns from that period have been found in and around the town.

Numerous archeological finds from the Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon periods have been made in the town some of which, for example, the first century Desborough Mirror, and the Anglo-Saxon Desborough Necklace, are in the accumulations of the British Museum. Domesday Book 1086 alludes to Desborough as a "position of judgment". The name itself is thought to have gotten from 'Disburg', which implied a holy and sustained place.

In the High Street, as a highlight of what is presently the Market Square, stands a column that is called locally the Town Cross regardless of being a square section with a stone ball to finish everything. It is thought to have been a passage column from Harrington Hall. From the 17th century, Desborough created around the turning and weaving enterprises. Utilizing nearby fleece and flax, the town's processing plants created fine fabric and cloth until the mid nineteenth century. Silk weaving at that point created in a Paddock Lane plant, and shoe making additionally ended up imperative.