Byfield, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

Byfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Parish church: Holy Cross

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1636
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BYFIELD, a parish in Daventry district. Northampton; 6 miles E of Fenny-Compton r. station, and 7½ S W by S of Daventry. It has a post office under Daventry.

Acres, 2,760. Real property, £6,683. Pop., 901. Houses, 224. The property is much subdivided.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £917. Patron, Caius College, Oxford. The church is ancient.

There are Independent and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities £79.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BYFIELD (Holy Cross), a parish, in the union of Daventry, hundred of Chipping-Warden, S. division of the county of Northampton, 7¼ miles (S. W. by S.) from Daventry; containing 1079 inhabitants.

The parish is situated on the borders of Warwickshire, which partly bounds it on the north; and consists of 2962a. 16p., the surface being generally level, and the soil of full average fertility. It is crossed from south to north by the road from Banbury to Daventry.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £28; net income, £917; patrons, the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1778.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Byfield – Church records ( 5 )
Births and baptisms, 1827-1836
Author: Independent Church (Byfield)

Bishop’s transcripts for Byfield, 1706-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Byfield (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Byfield, parish registers, 1678-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Byfield (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Parish registers for Byfield, 1636-1911
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Byfield (Northamptonshire)

Transcription of parish registers for Byfield, Northamptonshire, 1688-1772
Author: Allen, D. J. (Derek J.); Church of England. Parish Church of Byfield (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Byfield – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Byfield, Northampton, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1827-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Daventry
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Brackley
  • Poor Law Union: Daventry
  • Hundred: Chipping Warden
  • Province: Canterbury