Lutton and Washingley Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Lutton and Washingley is an Ancient Parish partly in Huntingdonshire and partly in Northamptonshire.

Other places in the parish include: Washingley.

Alternative names: Luddington-in-the-Wold, Lutton

Parish church: St Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Lutton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LUTTON, or LUDDINGTON-IN-THE-WOLD, a parish in the district of Oundle and counties of Northampton and Huntingdon; 5 miles E of Oundle town and r. station. Post town, Oundle.

Acres, 1,509. Real property of the N portion, £727. Pop., 163. Houses, 37. Real property of the H. portion, £341. Pop., 33. Houses, 6. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Washingley, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £220. Patron, the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and was recently in disrepair.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £11.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LUTTON, or Luddington-in-the-Wold (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Oundle, partly in the hundred of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, and partly in that of Willybrook, N. division of the county of Northampton, 5½ miles (E.) from Oundle; containing 187 inhabitants. It comprises 1479 acres, of which 93 are common.

The living is a rectory, with that of Washingley united, valued in the king’s books at £21. 11. 5½., and in the patronage of the Earl Fitzwilliam: the tithes of Lutton have been commuted for £220. 2.

There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Washingley

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WASHINGLEY, a parish in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; 1¾ mile W of Stilton, and 4 WNW of Holme r. station. Post town, Peterborough. Acres, 1,260. Real property, 1,423. Pop., 75. Houses, 17. W. Hall belongs to the Earl of Harrington. The living is a rectory, annexed to Lutton.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WASHINGLEY, a parish, in the union of Peterborough, hundred of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, 1½ mile (W.) from Stilton; containing 133 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, united to that of Lutton: there being no church, the inhabitants attend at Lutton.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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Lutton

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

England, Northamptonshire, Lutton – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Lutton, 1707-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lutton (Northamptonshire)

Washingley

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

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Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Oundle; Peterborough
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Oundle
  • Poor Law Union: Oundle
  • Hundred: Willybrook
  • Province: Canterbury