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This small
market town prospered as a spinning and weaving
centre in the 17th century using local wool and
flax. Yet it has a long, illustrious history
dating back into prehistory. Bronze Age urns have
been found here while the so-called ‘Desborough
Mirror’ is now in the British Museum. At 13th
century St Giles Church is part of an Anglo-Saxon
stone cross and a Tudor rood screen. The Old Manor
House was reputedly owned by one of the Gunpowder
Plot conspirators.
