A Year’s Journey into the history of Irthlingborough takes the reader day by day through events which took place here from the first royal visit to Yrtlingaburg by the Nen where Parliament was held in 787 AD; the execution of a local horse thief; transportation of two local men 12,000 miles across the world to Van Dieman’s Land for what would now be considered minor theft; the successes of the renowned Hawks Football Club to the more recent building and demolition of one of the finest sporting venues in Northamptonshire.