Glanton Village Community Website. Northumberland. UK.

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In 2001, following the Millennium celebrations, Glanton Parish Council published a limited edition book entitled 'Glanton - A Village Chronicle'. This was a very considerable undertaking by a number of hardworking members of the village community and resulted in not only a very interesting snapshot of village life at the turn of the millennium but also a very detailed history of the village and it's architecture over the previous centuries. The book also contained interesting and comprehensive chapters on the nature and geology of the area.

As the book is currently the best source of information about the village and it's history, selected chapters have been included on this page.

You will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view the chapters. Click here to download the latest free version.

Right: Glanton circa 1880.
Below: Glanton 2009.

GLANTON - A Village Chronicle.

These are large files and will take time to download
Please note that in each document the first page is blank and the text starts on page 2

Selected Chapters:


'Glanton Parish History' by John Swanson. Click here. (4.77Mb)

'Architectural Heritage' by Vernon Thomas. Click here. (13.80Mb)

'Wildlife Diary' and 'Geology' by George Dodds and John Swanson. Click here. (2.76Mb)


Further interesting and detailed information about the area and Northumberland and Durham in general, can be found at 'Keys to the Past'

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