In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dallington like this:
DALLINGTON, a parish in the district and county of Northampton; on the Grand Union canal, and a branch of the river Nen, 1¾ mile NW of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 1, 520. Real property, £4, 258. Pop., 686. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. Ironstone is found and worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300.* Patron, J. Reddall, Esq. The church was restored in 1863. There are a national school and four alms-houses.
Dallington through time
Dallington is now part of Northampton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Northampton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dallington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dallington, in Northampton and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7694
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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