Harrington, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Harrington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1673
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1714

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HARRINGTON, a village and a parish in Kettering district, Northampton. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Desborough r. station, and 7 NW of Kettering; has a post-office under Northampton; and gives the title of Earl to the family of Stanhope.

The parish comprises 2,519 acres. Real property, £4,015. Pop., 222. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to John Tollemache, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £421. Patron, John Tollemache, Esq. The church is early English, cruciform, and good; and has a tower. Charities, £5.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Harrington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Harrington
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Harrington – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Harrington, 1700-1887
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Harrington, parish registers, 1670-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Parish registers for Harrington, 1673-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Northamptonshire)

Maps

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

Administration

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