Glassthorpe is a deserted hamlet and manor between Flore and Upper Heyford in the Hundred of Nobottle of

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, in

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, England. Glassthorp Hill is set in Northampton Sand with an elevation of about .

History

Glassthorpe was mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086 as Glassthorpehill, and had a recorded population of six people, paying 1.8 geld units in tax at the time. The feudal lord in 1088 was William of Keynes. It is mentioned in the ''

Nomina Villarum ''Nomina Villarum'' was a survey carried out in 1316 and contains a list of all cities, boroughs and townships in England and the Lords of them. The document was compiled for King Edward II. The survey was a feudal aid, a payment which by traditi ...

'' of 1316 and was still inhabited in 1371. In 1515 it was acquired by John Spencer of the prominent

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of aristocrats of Althorp. In 1547 "Classthorpe Pasture" was documented to have 200 sheep. By the early 18th century Glassthorpe had been "long depopulated", and only contained a single shepherd's house.

References

;Bibliography * Hamlets in Northamptonshire Manor houses in England West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub