Keyston, Huntingdonshire Family History Guide

Keyston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1637
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KEYSTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Thrapston and county of Huntingdon; adjacent to Northamptonshire, 4 miles ESE of Thrapston r. station. Post town, Thrapston.

Acres, 2, 535. Real property, £2, 826. Pop., 223. Houses, 50. The property is divided chiefly among five. The manor belongs to John Pashler, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £385. Patron, the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The church is a fine cruciform structure of the 14th century; has a W tower, with lofty spire; and contains some monumental slabs. The N transept was once a private chapel, and perhaps the burial-place of Lord Ferrers, who was interred in the church.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

KEYSTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Thrapston, hundred of Leightonstone, county of Huntingdon, 3¼ miles (S. E. by E.) from Thrapston; containing 190 inhabitants. It is on the road from Thrapston to Huntingdon, and comprises by computation 2600 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £29. 5., and in the gift of Earl Fitzwilliam: the tithes have been commuted for £381. 15., and the glebe comprises 27 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Huntingdonshire, Keyston – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Keyston, St. John the Baptist, Huntingdonshire, monumental inscriptions, 1666-1987
Author: Huntingdonshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions from the church of St. John the Baptist, Keyston
Author: Huntingdonshire Family History Society

England, Huntingdonshire, Keyston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Keyston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Huntingdonshire, Keyston – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Keyston, 1604-1858
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Keyston (Huntingdonshire)

Keyston, Huntingdonshire : baptisms, 1604-27, 1638-1851; marriages, 1604-27, 1638-1851; banns, 1657, 1754-1815, 1837-1851; burials, 1604-27, 1638-1851
Author: Huntingdonshire Family History Society; Jarrett, Sue; Church of England. Parish Church of Keyston (Huntingdonshire)

Parish registers and miscellaneous public records
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Keyston (Huntingdonshire)

Administration

  • County: Huntingdonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Thrapston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Leightonstone
  • Poor Law Union: Thrapston
  • Hundred: Leightonstone
  • Province: Canterbury