Welcome to the Towcester and
District Local History Society website
The town of Towcester (pop 9,000) lies
100km (60 miles) north of London, England in rural
Northamptonshire. It is the oldest town in the county with evidence
of stone age and iron age settlements and was once an important
Roman town, called Lactodurum lying at the junction of Watling
Street, the Roman road from Dover to Ch…