About This Station

The station is powered by an Oregon Scientific WMR928NX weather station. The data is collected every 1 second and the site is updated every 4 seconds from the AJAX enable statistics on the home page and the current readings in the header and every 1 to 5 minutes depending on the page you are viewing. This site and its data is collected using Weather Display Software. The station comprises of an anemometer, rain gauge and a thermo-hygro sensor, soil sensor and a solar radiation sensor of which are all situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible. for more in depth details on the station and its sensors and other units please visit our station page here.

Where are we

Desborough is a small town in Northamptonshire, as the crow flies its about 4 miles from the A14. We are NNW of Rothwell, 5 miles from Corby, 5 miles from Kettering and about 15 miles from Northampton.

About Desborough Town

Proud of its industrial heritage, Desborough is a growing market town, located to the north of Kettering in Northamptonshire.

Despite its appearance as a relatively recent town with few buildings dating from before the Victorian era, Desborough's history can be traced back over 4000 years to the Bronze Age. Bronze Age urns have been unearthed in and around the town and The Desborough Mirror, now part of the British Museum's collection, was unearthed here. An outstanding example of Celtic art, made in bronze and decorated in the 'La Tene' style, The Mirror contains intricately interwoven spirals, loops and swirls.

The Domesday Book refers to Desborough variously as 'Dereburg,' 'Desburgh' or 'Deisburg.' St Giles Church, built around 1225 AD, is probably on the site of an earlier Saxon church and within the church are relics of the town's history. These include part of an Anglo-Saxon cross carved from stone, a Tudor rood screen and reminders of the Civil War.

A trip up Gold Street takes you to the Old Manor House where lawyer Ferdinando Poulton, a Roman Catholic and Lord of the Manor, is reputed to have been part of the Gunpowder Plot.

In the 17th century the town developed as a spinning and weaving centre and using local wool and flax, the town's factories produced fine cloth and linen until the mid 19th century, silk weaving then developed in a Paddock Lane factory.

About This Website

AJAX conditions display from Saratoga-Weather.org.
Cloud base graphic courtesy of Bashewa Weather
Thermometer graphic courtesy of Bashewa Weather (adapted from Saratoga Weather)
Special thanks also goes to Brian Hamilton of Weather Display and the members of the Weather Watch forum