Earl Spencer. Harlestone Hall is a chief residence. Traces of an old fort are on Dylve's Heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £577. Patron, Earl Spencer. The church is of the 14th century, very good, and has an old font. There are a national school, and charities upwards of £100." The remains of brickworks from the 19th century can be found in Upper Harlestone in the form of a large kiln, which provided local people with brick for building. In 1924, the Dufhess of Gradton former a fund to build the Village Institute in Upper Harlestone. The Althorp Estate sold the land of the former Harlestone House to the Northampton Golf Club in 1990, and their clubhouse now occupies the former site of the house. Many properties within the village were also sold at this time by Althorp to private owners. Owing to the provision of back land areas, areas for pigsties and garden plots, some infill development to the rear of historic properties has occurred, as well as between dwellings. Harlestone Firs Harlestone Firs, a large wood and country park, lies just outside the village with a garden centre on the other side of the A428. Population The population as recorded in the decannual censuses peaked in the 1830s at just under 650 people, falling to 420 in 2001: References External links St. Andrews, Harlestone's church Villages in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District Civil parishes in Northamptonshire