Isham, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

Isham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1701
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ISHAM, a village and a parish in Wellingborough district, Northampton. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nen, near the Midland railway, 3 miles SSE of Kettering; and has a station, jointly with Burton-Latimer, on the railway, and a post office under Wellingborough.

The parish comprises 1,150 acres. Real property, £2,933. Pop., 433. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Hon. Mrs. Pery.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is good, and has a tower.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £76.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].