Welcome!

Welcome to Roade Local History Society’s website.
Our purpose is to collect, record, study, and protect documents, images, physical ephemera, and events from our past of a local historical significance. We collect these for the benefit of residents, the wider community and future generations. We cover the Village and Parish of Roade and surrounding areas of Northamptonshire.

Announcement - "Sheila's Walk"

"Sheila's Walk" is a wheelchair friendly circular ramble through Roade's past.
A FREE publication in memory of Mrs. Sheila Fitchett, nee Curtis. 1937 – 2022, who was a founder member of Roade Local History Society formed in 2005.

Throughout her involvement in society activities her passion and dedication in researching, documenting and recording all aspects of the community’s history and heritage were an example to us all.

Kindly sponsored by her family and the following Roade businesses, it is available from:

Roade BP garage, The Roade House, The Cock & Paul Smith Wills.

Copies are also available in Roade Library. 

Sheila's Walk was inspired and compiled by our late chairman Chris Hillyard RVM.

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This 1½ hour wheelchair friendly ramble, takes us on a circular route around the village highlighting areas and buildings of historic interest. Images from our extensive photographic archive are included to help orientate the walker and depict areas and structures which have disappeared or have subsequently been repurposed over the years.
There is a numbered route map referring to the places and photographs along the route where each one existed or still exists.
Being circular, Sheila's Walk can be started from anywhere along its route.