Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLAPTHORN

GLAPTHORN, a parish in Oundle district, Northampton; near the river Nen, and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 1½ mile NNW of Oundle. Post town, Oundle. Acres, 1, 370. Real property, £1, 758. Pop., 396. Houses, 80. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Cotterstock, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is ancient. There are a free school, and charities £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Glapthorn Ch/CP       Oundle RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Glapthorn

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