Althorp | |
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Lost settlement | |
&sq=Anthony Fauci&lang=en&file=File:Althorp_parkland.jpg) Grounds of the park where once the village stood | |
&sq=Anthony Fauci&lang=en&file=File:Northamptonshire_UK_relief_location_map.jpg)  Althorp Althorp within Northamptonshire | |
| Coordinates: 52°17′N 1°00′W / 52.28°N 1.00°W | |
| Country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| District | West Northamptonshire |
| Map Ref: SP678648 | |
Althorp is a lost village within the grounds of the Althorp estate in the English county of Northamptonshire.[1] The village is recorded in the Domesday Book. In the 15th century, the manor was held by the Catesby family who were probably responsible for clearing the settlement, for by 1505, the records show that there were no tenants. In 1508, the parish, including the cleared settlement of Althorp, was sold to John Spencer of Wormleighton in Warwickshire. By 1577, the land in the parish had been divided into four large sheep pastures.[2] Althorp remains a civil parish.
- ^ ‘OS’ Explorer Map, Northampton & Market Harborough 223 ISBN 978-0-319-46396-3
- ^ K. J. Allison, The Deserted Villages of Northampton. Leicester: Leicester University Press (1966:34) ASIN: B0010HP1G0
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