Guilsborough, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Guilsborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Other places in the parish include: Nortoft.

Alternative names: Guilsborough and Nortoft

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GUILSBOROUGH, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Northamptonshire. The village stands near the sources of the Avon and the Nen, 7 miles NE of Crick r. station, and 10 NW by N of Northampton; and has a post office under Northampton.

The parish includes also the hamlets of Nortoft and Holywell; and is in Brixworth district. Acres, 3,080. Real property, £2,067. Pop., 996. Houses, 227. The property is subdivided.

The manor belongs to J. W. B. Lee, Esq. Guilsborough Hall was formerly the seat of the Belchier family; shows various styles of architecture; and stands conspicuously on an eminence. A Roman camp lies between the sources of the Avon and the Nen; measures about 600 feet by 300; is encompassed by a single fosse and vallum; and bears the name of Borough hill.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500. Patron, R. Hichens, Esq. The church is early English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire.

The vicarage of Holywell is a separate benefice.

There are a Baptist chapel, a free grammar school, with £80 from endowment, and a national school with £60.

The hundred contains seventeen parishes, and part of another. Acres, 42,054. Pop., 10,663. Houses, 2,460.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Guilsborough – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. Etheldreda, Guilsborough
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Guilsborough – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Guilsborough, 1706-1857
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guilsborough (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Guilsborough, parish registers, 1560-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guilsborough (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Parish registers for Guilsborough, 1560-1968
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guilsborough (Northamptonshire)

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Brixworth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Haddon
  • Poor Law Union: Brixworth
  • Hundred: Guilsborough
  • Province: Canterbury