Southwick Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Southwick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Other places in the parish include: Crosswayhand Lodge.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1732
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOUTHWICK, a parish in Oundle district, Northampton; 2¾ miles NNW of Oundle r. station. Post town, Oundle. Acres, 1,320. Real property, £1,931-Pop., 130. Houses, 29. The property belongs to G. Capron, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £90. Patron, G. Capron, Esq. The church is good. Charities, £24.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SOUTHWICK (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Oundle, hundred of Willybrook, N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Oundle; containing 171 inhabitants. The parish is almost entirely surrounded with woods belonging to Rockingham Forest, and comprises 1354a. 30p. of land, nearly equally divided between arable and pasture; the soil is a strong clay mixed with marl. The village is situated in a valley, in the midst of beautiful scenery, about two miles from the river Nene.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the kings books at £8. 7. 6.; net income, £100; patrons, the family of Capron; incumbent, the Rev. T. R. Brown, M.A. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe containing about 40 acres. The church is a plain neat building; in the chancel is a piece of sculpture by Roubilliac, to the memory of G. Lynn, Esq., whose family held the estate for many centuries, till 1841.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Southwick – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Southwick, 1707-1858
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southwick (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Southwick, parish registers, 1732-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southwick (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Southwick, 1732-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southwick (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Oundle
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Oundle
  • Poor Law Union: Oundle
  • Hundred: Willybrook
  • Province: Canterbury