Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

|
Updated on
Links marked with a * mean that we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. It all helps to keep the site online and free for everyone.

Little Harrowden is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Northamptonshire, created in 1725 from Great Harrowden Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Harrowden Parva

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HARROWDEN (LITTLE), a village and a parish in Wellingborough district, Northampton. The village stands near the Bedford and Leicester railway, 2½ miles N by W of Wellingborough; and has a post office under Wellingborough.

The parish comprises 1, 480 acres. Real property, £3, 121. Pop., 679. Houses, 153. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Great Harrowden, in the diocese of Peterborongh. The church has a Norman door, and a square tower; and was recently renovated.

There are a Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £20 a year, and other charities with £38.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Little Harrowden – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Little Harrowden
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Little Harrowden – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Harrowden, 1706-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Harrowden (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Little Harrowden, parish registers, 1653-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Harrowden (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Little Harrowden, 1653-1944
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Harrowden (Northamptonshire)

Maps

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

Administration

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