Description
Harlestone, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire, 2 miles SE from Althorp Park station on the L. & N.W.R., and 4 NW of Northampton. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Northampton. Acreage, 2563 y population, 613. The manor belongs to Earl Spencer. Harlestone Hall is a chief residence. Traces of an old fort are on Dyve's Heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese-of Peterborough; net yearly value, £600 with residence. Patron, Earl Spencer. The church is of the 14th century,. very good, and has a tower which was built previous to 1264. There are a Baptist chapel and charities worth about £100 a year.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
