Eydon, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

Eydon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moravian/United Brethren, and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EYDON, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; 5½ miles ENE of Cropredy r. station, and 9 SSW of Daventry. It has a post office under Banbury.

Acres, 1, 620. Real property, £3, 759. Pop., 576. Houses, 130. The property is divided among a few. Eydon Lodge is a chief residence.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £420. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a Norman font.

A Wesleyan chapel was founded in 1860; and there are chapels for Quakers and Moravians.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Eydon – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Eydon, 1706-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eydon (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Eydon, parish registers, 1538-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eydon (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish register transcript, marriages, 1538-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eydon (Northamptonshire); Rendell, Arthur M.

Parish registers for Eydon, 1538-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eydon (Northamptonshire)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

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