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

GUNTHORPE, a hamlet in Paston parish, Northampton; 3¼ miles N of Peterborough. Pop., 66. Houses, 12.

Gunthorpe through time

Gunthorpe is now part of PETERBOROUGH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PETERBOROUGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gunthorpe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gunthorpe, in Peterborough and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7960

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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