East Carlton, Northamptonshire

Flower Delivery to East Carlton with Clare Florist

Situated on the edge of the Welland valley where there are stunning walks, East Carlton is a place where you can take in the colour filled paths that are home to many wild flowers. The first records of this small Northamptonshire village are to be found in the doomsday book from the time 1087. At this time it was occupied by the Danish and it was one village of Carlintone, after several centuries of changing rule the settlement got its name from the building of two halls East Carlton and West Carlton. East Carlton hall is said to stand on the original site however no evidence of the West hall can now be found.

The recent history of the hall is dominated by the finding of iron ore in the nearby town of Corby in the early 20th century, the original village stood just west of the hall, Stewarts and Lloyds brought the hall, building 59 house for senior staff this now makes up a large part of the village. During world war one the village sent seven of their men away to war, all of them returned. This has made East Carlton one of the “thankful Villages”, in the 1960’s British steel was nationalised and this spelt the end for steelworks in Corby. manufacturing leaving the area in 1979, the council acquired the hall after this and sold it to a private buyer.

This was not the end for this ever changing village, the house itself is not open to the public however the grounds are and have become a countryside park, there are stunning walks round the gardens with beautiful flowers, however if smell Lavender beware, the scent is said to mark the presence of the ghost of Ann the grieving widow of James previous owners of the hall. James loved lavender flowers he though it brought him luck buying lots of flowers for East Carlton he filled the hall, he sadly one day died of natural causes, Ann unable to live without him distraught threw herself of the top of the hall landing in a Lavender bush, if she around give a care for she is still looking for her love.

The village is very close town of Market Harborough as the name suggests this is a large market town that has a general market from Tuesday to Saturday, here you can find all manner of things including flowers and vases to put them in. Other markets are the vintage Retro and antiques markets.

Here at Clare Florist we understand that you may not always have the luxury of time to pop down to the local market for fresh flowers, that is why we provide a quality next day florists service, be it the “happy birthday” bouquet to an aunt at the other side of the country or an “it’s a boy” bouquet to a faraway friend we have the right bouquet for you, we also have our charity bouquets with these we will donate a percentage to a charity on selected bouquets. Whenever you need to send flowers to East Carlton, we are standing by to assist.

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