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.
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.