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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Collingtree like this:
COLLINGTREE, a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; on an affluent of the river Nen, near the Northampton canal, 1¾ mile NE of Blisworth r. station, and 3½ S of Northampton. Post town, Wootton, under Northampton. Acres, 1, 190. Real property, £1, 774. Pop., 237. Houses, 51. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £331.* Patron, the Rev. B. Hill. The church is in the Saxon style, and has a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Wood, the writer in Rees' Cyclopedia, was a native.
Collingtree is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Collingtree itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Collingtree, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7667
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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