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GBP 35 - 80 The George Hotel
 This friendly 16th-century coaching inn in Kettering town centre is a 5-minute walk from the train station. It serves a good breakfast and has free pa… MoreGBP 25 - 75 The Red Lion Hotel
 The Red Lion Hotel is a fully refurbished hotel in the centre of Rothwell, just 3 miles (5 km) from the centre of Kettering and its direct rail link t… MoreGBP 50 - 120 The Royal Hotel
 In the heart of Kettering town centre’s conservation area, this former coaching inn from the 17th century offers good-value comfort and style in a c… MoreGBP 30 - 50 White Lion
 The White Lion is a warm, welcoming village pub and restaurant set in the historic village of Geddington. It is about 7 miles from Rockingham Speedway… MoreGBP 55 - 99 The Country House Hotel
 Set in scenic Northamptonshire countryside, The Country House Hotel offers free parking, free Wi-Fi and cooked breakfasts. Just 5 minutes from Ketteri… MoreGBP 95 - 155 Rushton Hall Hotel and Spa
 Set amongst beautiful gardens and Northamptonshire countryside, Rushton Hall is a historic country residence dating from the 15th century. It offers l… MoreGBP 75 - 140 Kettering Park - A Shire Hotel & Spa
 Situated just off the A14, the 4-star Kettering Park Hotel offers an award-winning restaurant, luxury spa and indulgent beauty treatments, less than 2… MoreGBP 30 - 40 Old Market Inn
 In the centre of Kettering, this traditional English inn has a cosy bar, en suite rooms and free Wi-Fi. Kettering Rail Station is 4-minute walk away.
… MoreGBP 33 - 92 Premier Inn Corby
 On the outskirts of Corby, just 3 miles (5 km) from heart of the town centre and with good access to Kettering, the hotel offers comfortable, great-va… MoreGBP 33 - 91 Premier Inn Kettering
 This Premier Inn hotel is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Kettering town centre, with free parking, family-friendly en suite rooms and an on-site Brewers Fayr… MoreGBP 42 - 83 Holiday Inn Express Kettering
 Holiday Inn Express Kettering offers good-value, contemporary accommodation and free Wi-Fi internet access. There is good access to the A14 and Ketter… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kettering: Guide
This is an article about Kettering in England. For other uses see Kettering (disambiguation).
Kettering is a town and Borough in Northamptonshire, England. Kettering's economy was built on the Shoemaking|boot and shoe industry. With the arrival of railways in the 19th Century, other industries grew up, such as engineering and clothing. The luxury clothing manufacturers Aquascutum built their first factory here in 1909. Now it is largely based upon service and Distribution (business)|distribution industries due to its central location and excellent transport links. There is a large and growing local commuter population, which takes advantage of Kettering's position on the Midland Mainline railway.
Kettering is situated on the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene|Nene.
History
Kettering can trace its origins back to an early Roman Britain|Roman British settlement. The local Roman industry is represented by the pottery kilns at Barton Seagrave and Boughton.
The first historical reference to Kettering is found in a charter of 956 AD in which King Edwy granted ten "cassati" of land to his then Aelfsige the Goldsmith. The boundaries delineated in this charter would have been recognisable to most inhabitants of Kettering for the last thousand years and can still be walked today. It is possible that Aelfsige the Goldsmith gave Kettering to the monastery of Peterborough as King Edgar in a charter dated 972 confirmed it to that monastery. Certainly at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Kettering manor is listed as a property held by the Abbey of Peterborough. Words and names ending with 'ing' usually derive from the early Saxon word inga or ingas meaning 'the people of the' or 'tribe'. Kettering has its roots in literary spellings used in the 10th century – Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan.
The hamlet of Pipewell was the holder of England's third biggest abbey, which was knocked down by Henry VIII in 1538. Pipewell nowadays only has 70 inhabitants, but still some of the remains remain, although they are on private grounds.
The charter for its market was granted by Henry III of England|Henry III in 1227. By the 17th century the town was a centre for the production of woollen cloth. The present town mostly grew up in the 19th century with the development of the boot and shoe industry, which had seriously declined by the middle of the 1990s.
Victorian Kettering was the centre of the 19th century religious non-conformity and the missionary movement, and this has been preserved in many of the names. William Carey was the first of the great and good men associated with the town. He was born in 1761 at Paulerspury and spent much of his young life in Kettering before leaving for India as a missionary in 1793. The Carey Mission House and Carey Street was named after him. Andrew Fuller helped Carey found the Baptist Missionary Society and he is remembered in the Fuller Church and Fuller Street. In 1803 William Knibb was born in Market Street and he grew up to continue the missionary work of Carey; he is commemorated by the Knibb Centre and Knibb Street. The Toller Chapel and Toller Place are named after two ministers, father and son, who preached in Kettering for a total of 100 years. The chapel was built in 1723 for those independents who since 1662 had been worshipping in secret.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Kettering like this:"Kettering, market town and parish with railway. station, Northamptonshire, 8 miles N. of Wellingborough and 75 miles from London, 2840 ac., pop. 11,095; P.O., T.O.; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. Kettering is an ancient place, and was called by the Saxons Kateringes. It is a fairly prosperous town, with tanning and currying, mfrs. of boots and shoes, stays, brushes, agricultural implements, and some articles of clothing. It has a handsome town hall, a cattle market, a corn exchange, and a grammar school. Many Roman relics have been found in the vicinity."
Expansion
In 1801 Kettering's population was 12,734. In 1901 it was 41,770. By mid-2003 the population of the Borough was 86,000. This is expected to rise significantly over the next 15 years.
North Northamptonshire, which comprises the boroughs of Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and the district of East Northants, is expected to deliver about 52,000 new homes and 43,800 new jobs over the period 2001–2021 and a further 28,000 new houses in the following decade. The 52,000 new houses to be built by 2021 will be equivalent to a city the size of Worcester.
The borough of Kettering is due to see 13,100 new houses built during that period, with further thousands of houses thereafter. This will increase the number of houses and people in the borough by more than a third by 2021, and even more thereafter. Given the housing expansion elsewhere in Northamptonshire the county, which is the 4th fastest growing in the UK, will see at least 145,000 new houses constructed by 2031, increasing its population by half.
Economy
Kettering has excellent transport links and lies on the Midland Main Line roughly halfway between Sheffield and London, and on the A14 East - West trunk road, approximately midway between the M1 and the A1. The town benefits from its "Heart of England" location on the busy A14 and is said to be within two hours drive of 75% of the UK's population .
Kettering's unemployment rate is amongst the lowest in the UK with 80% of its adults are in full time employment . It is home to a wide range of companies including Weetabix Limited, Timsons, SATRA Technology Centre, Pegasus Software, RCI Europe as well as Wicksteed Park, the United Kingdom's oldest theme park, which now plays host to one and a quarter million visitors every season.
It is the home of Kettering General Hospital, which provides Acute and Accident & Emergency services for the whole of north Northamptonshire. With almost 800 staff at 5 campuses, the Tresham Institute of Further and Higher Education is a significant employer as well as a seat of learning for local students of all ages. A new £20 million campus will open in 2007.
Kettering Business Park, a recent and current commercial property development undertaken by Buccleuch Property is situated on the A43/A6003, on the north side of Kettering. Many office buildings are being built as part of the project as well as a leisure sector with a new hotel. Several large distribution warehouses have been constructed in the area, creating thousands of jobs for the local economy.
Culture
Kettering's Heritage Quarter houses the Manor House Museum and the Alfred East Gallery. The magnificent Boughton House, Queen Eleanor Cross and the 1597 Triangular Lodge are local landmarks within the Borough. Sir Thomas Tresham was a devout catholic who was imprisoned for his beliefs. When he was released he built Triangular Lodge to defy his prosecutors and secretly declare his faith. The construction's 'three of everything' - sides, floors, windows and gables - represent the Holy Trinity.
Kettering is home to Kettering Town F.C.. The club currently play in the Conference North, which is in the second tier of the English non-league football structure.
Politics
In United Kingdom Parliament|Parliament, Kettering falls wholly within the Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency of the same name, which is currently represented by Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative MP Philip Hollobone, who gained the marginal constituency from former Labour Party (UK)|Labour MP Phil Sawford in the UK general election, 2005|2005 general election.
In the European Parliament, Kettering falls within the East Midlands European Parliament constituency and is represented by 6 Member of the European Parliament|MEPs (elected European Parliament Election, 2004|June 2004):
- ID)
- Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative / EPP-ED)
- Roger Helmer (Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative / EPP-ED))
- ALDE
- Independent (formerly Independence and Democracy|ID)
- PES) - replacing former Labour Party (UK)|Labour MEP
In local government, Kettering falls within the areas of Northamptonshire County Council and Kettering Borough Council, which incorporates the towns of Burton Latimer, Desborough and Rothwell.
A key local issue relates to plans to construct at least 145,000 new homes within Northamptonshire, increasing the population by 50%, including significant development for the Kettering (borough)|Borough of Kettering. A protest group entitled STOP ("Stop the Over-development Plans for Northamptonshire") has been established, which is officially non-partisan but incorporates several senior figures within the local Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives, which campaigns against what it fears will be the creation of a "linear city" blurring the boundaries between Kettering and the neighbouring towns of Corby and Wellingborough.
Famous residents of Kettering
Wiliam Carey
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William Knibb
John Profumo
Frank Bellamy
Karen Alexander
Charles Wicksteed
Richard Coles
Thomas Cooper Gotch
Sir Alfred East
Neil Campbell (musician)|Neil CampbellTown twinning
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