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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Glanton Parish Whittingham Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Glanton |
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