Orton, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Orton is a chapelry of Rothwell Ancient Parish in Northamptonshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1836
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ORTON, a chapelry in Rothwell parish, Northampton, 1½ mile SW of Rothwell, and 4 W by N of Kettering r. station. Post-town, Rothwell, under Kettering. Acres, 940. Real property, £1,440. Pop., 69. Houses, 19. The manor belongs to H. H. H. Hungerford, Esq. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Rothwell, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is good, and has a tower.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Orton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Orton, 1847-1855
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Orton (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Orton, 1836-1961
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Orton (Northamptonshire)

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