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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glendon like this:
GLENDON, a parish in Kettering district, Northampton; adjacent to the Leicester and Bedford railway, 2½ miles NW of Kettering. Post town, Kettering. The returns include the extra-parochial tract of Barford. Acres, 1, 490. Real property, £1, 896. Pop., 63. Houses, 10. Glendon Hall is the seat of the Booth family, and contains some interesting portraits. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £35. Patrons, the Executors of the late Mr. Booth.
Glendon is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Glendon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glendon, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7945
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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