
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: First recorded in 1772 as the Black Boy Inn public house. Subsequently home to a tailoring business, a post office, briefly by a false teeth maker, a printers, and from 1948 to 1953 as the office of the Daventry & District Weekly Express newspaper. Recorded plaque organisation: Daventry Heritage Trail.
The site marked by plaque 75064 has served various community functions since 1772, including as a public house, tailoring business, post office, and notably as the office of the Daventry & District Weekly Express newspaper from 1948 to 1953.
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Photo: Hazel Nicholson · CC BY 2.0