In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harpole like this:
HARPOLE, a village and a parish in the district and county of Northampton. The village stands 4 miles ENE of Weedon r. station, and 4½ W by N of Northampton; and has a post-office under Weedon. The parish comprises 1,560 acres. Real property, £4,820. Pop., 833. Houses, 190. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £529. * Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is partly Norman, partly early English. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a free school with £50, and other charities with £61.
Harpole through time
Harpole is now part of South Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Harpole itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harpole in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7972
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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