CLAYPOLES AT WAR: MAPS AND SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS

Cottingham and Gretton 1905

Detail from the Rockingham Forest & Kettering Old Ordnance Survey Map 1905. The labels on the map border confirms the close proximity of the villages and counties of Gretton (Northamptonshire), Great Easton (Leicestershire) and Caldecott (Rutland). One branch of the Craxford family were proprietors of the Three Horseshoes Inn, another of the Smithy in Cottingham, both places marked on the map. Corby was a small village at the start of the 20th century still awaiting its collosal growth and designation of "New Town" in the 1950s. The number of ironstone quarries in the vicinity is testimony to the resources which catalysed this boom.
Nearby towns include Market Harborough to the east and Kettering to the south

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Battles of the Ypres Salient 1917

This map shows the various stages of the Allied advance against the German lines in the Ypres Salient between July and November 1917. William Claypole was injured and died of his wounds in vicinity of Mangalaere south of the Houthulst forest.

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Houthulst Forest: Ypres Salient - Belgium 1917

This composite map was built up from a map series from the The Battle of Passchendaele forum of the Irish Military Online website. The 6th Northamptonshire battalion were sent to relieve the Norfolk battalion for three days in November 1917. Headquarters were established in a fortified pillbox called Egypt House. The front line ran along the blue and yellow lines between Colombo House and the road code-named Tourenne Crossing.

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The Burdett Photograph

This is the full postcard of the countryside scene with William and Mary Claypole leading their pony and wagon. Along the bottom edge are printed the words: "H.P. Burdett ... Brampton Ash"

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The western Welland Valley 1905

The map shows several of the places mentioned in the narrative of the article (Great Oakley, Carlton, Medbourne) and shows the extent of the brothers' poaching activity.

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References

1. Cottingham and Gretton: Detail from Small Scale (One inch to the mile) Ordnance Survey Map England & Wales Sheet 171: Rockingham Forest & Kettering 1905: The Godfrey Edition
2. The Battle of Ypres, successive stages of Allied Advance July 30 - November 26th 1917: British Army campaign maps of 1914-1918 The Long, long trail The British Army of 1914-1918 for family historians
3. The Battle of Passchendaele: Irish Military Online
4. The Western Welland Valley: Detail from Small Scale (One inch to the mile) Ordnance Survey Map England & Wales Sheet 170: Market Harborough & District 1905 and Sheet 171: Rockingham Forest & Kettering 1905: The Godfrey Edition

Added: January 18th 2011

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