Little Oakley, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Little Oakley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1679
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

OAKLEY (Little), a parish in Kettering district, Northampton; on an affluent of the river Nen, 3½ miles N E of Rushton r. station, and 5½ N by E of Kettering. Post-town, Geddington, under Kettering.

Acres, 724. Real property, £804. Pop., 127. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £113. Patron, the Duke of Buccleuch. The church is early English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a monument of 1620 to one of the Montagues.

There is an infant school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Little Oakley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. Michael, Great Oakley and The Church of St. Peter, Little Oakley
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Little Oakley – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Oakley, 1707-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Oakley (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Little Oakley, parish registers, 1679-1808
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Oakley (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Little Oakley, 1679-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Oakley (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 Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Weldon
  • Poor Law Union: Kettering
  • Hundred: Corby
  • Province: Canterbury