Monument record 2806 - Glapthorn

Glapthorn possible medieval settlement remains; 19th century village shrinkage

{1} Post medieval shrunken village of Glapthorne. Part of the village was deserted by 1635.

{2} Some houses were still in existence in 1814.

{3} Soilmarks of various marks and stone scatters relating to former house sites, roads etc. NCCAP:TL0290/007-8.

{4} Settlement Remains (TL 02129061-02269061), formerly part of Glapthorn village, north of Manor Farm. They consist of indeterminate earthworks resulting from houses which were still in existence in 1814 south-west of Manor Farm (TL 02099051) are further earthworks although this site was already devoid of buildings in 1635.

{5} Glapthorn has no entry at Domesday in 1086 although there were three holdings in the 12th-century Survey. Glapthorn was a chapelry in Cotterstock parish until the 19th century. There are two ends to Glapthorn settlement: Upper Glapthorn on the Benefield-Cotterstock Road and Lower Glapthorn, the larger settlement on the opposite, southern side of the valley.

<1> PAXTON, 1635, Survey of The Manor of Glapthorn (NRO 1352/10), (unchecked) (Map). SNN8120.

<2> 1814, Glapthorn & Cotterstock Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN288.

<3> 1977, Archaeological Features at Glapthorn, (unchecked) (Map). SNN57963.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 48/Site 2 (Series). SNN77379.

<5> Foard, G.; Hall, D. & Partida, T., 2009, Rockingham Forest: An atlas of the medieval and early-modern landscape, p. 196-199 (Book). SNN106598.

Record last edited

Oct 1 2026 3:39PM