Place:


Glanton  Northumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glanton like this:

GLANTON, a village and a township in Whittingham parish, Northumberland. The village stands 2 miles N of Whittingham, and 8 W of Alnwick; contains some handsome houses; and has a post office‡ under Alnwick, and a Presbyterian church. The township comprises 1, 329 acres. Pop., 619. Houses, 134. ...


Glanton House is the seat of F. J. Collingwood, Esq. Glanton pike is a 1ofty eminence, and was anciently a beacon station, to alarm the country in times of danger. There is a petrifying spring. Several stone coffins and urns, with ancient British weapons, were found, in 1716, near Deer-street.

Glanton through time

Glanton is now part of Alnwick district. Click here for graphs and data of how Alnwick has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Glanton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glanton, in Alnwick and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9177

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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