Dallington, Northamptonshire
Dallington is a former village about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the centre of Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, England. Dallington is now a suburb of Northampton. At the 2011 census the population was listed in the Spencer ward of Northampton Council.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin dates from 1207 and is a Grade II* listed building. It is near the site of a previous Saxon church.
Dallington Hall on Dallington Park Road is a Grade II* listed manor house, originally built 1720-30 for Sir Joseph Jekyll, Master of the Rolls. It was later owned by the Rainsford family and then Earl Spencer [1] before becoming a hospital known as the Margaret Spencer Home of Rest. [2] It has now been divided into private apartments.
Dallington is north-east of Duston, south of Kings Heath and north-west of St James End.
External links
- Map sources for Dallington, Northamptonshire
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- ↑ "Properties with aristocratic connections for sale". Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ "Margaret Spencer Home of Rest". British Listed Buildings.
Coordinates: 52°14′58″N 0°55′19″W / 52.24945°N 0.92187°W