Irchester, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Irchester is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Other places in the parish include: Knuston.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1622
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

IRCHESTER, a village and a parish in Wellingborough district, Northampton. The village stands near the river Nen and the Leicester and Hitchin railway, 3 miles SE by E of Wellingborough; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Wellingborough.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Knuston.  Acres, 1,980. Real property, £6,276. Pop. in 1851, 960; in 1861, 1,168. Houses, 262. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of the railway, and from the discovery of iron stone. The property is divided among a few. Knuston Hall is the seat of W. W. Manton, Esq. Shoemaking and mat making are carried on. There is a Roman camp of 18 acres.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Wollaston, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is early decorated English; has a lofty octagonal spire; and contains a fine carved oak pulpit.

There are a Wesleyan chapel built in 1869, a free school, and some charities.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Irchester – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Congregational Church, Little Irchester : the Methodist Church & St Katherine’s Church, Irchester
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Irchester – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Irchester, 1707-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Irchester (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Irchester, parish registers, 1622-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Irchester (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Irchester, Northants, p.r., April 1622-February 1641/2
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Irchester (Northamptonshire); Cobb, John L.

Parish registers for Irchester, 1622-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Irchester (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Irchester, 1774-1895
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Irchester (Northamptonshire)

Record of members, ca. 1837-1858
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bedfordshire Conference

Record of members, ca. 1841-1856
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Irchester Branch (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Irchester – Land and property ( 1 )
Irchester 1591 June 23 : the surve[y] of Irchester, 1951 [Duchy Lane-Kerr mss. Nthts. public library]
Author: Alexander, Paul

Administration

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