Rev Paula York, vicar of All Hallows and All Saints Church – and chaplain for the Wellingborough Branch of the Royal British Legion, thanked the people behind the eye-catching display.

"Given Hannah Sparke's status as an 18th Century centenarian who saved All Hallows Church and its inhabitants in the Great Fire of Wellingborough, this is a wonderful item to begin the new year with.

Hannah Sparke managed to stop flames reaching All Hallows Church during the Great Fire of Wellingborough, in Northamptonshire, by protecting her own roof with malt liquor. Gildings Auctioneers ...

Bells have been ringing across a town to celebrate a bell-ringers' centenary. The 100th anniversary of the Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers was marked with a full peal at All ...