Strixton Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Strixton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1730
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1711

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STRIXTON, a parish in Wellingborough district, Northampton; 4 miles S by W of Wellingborough r. station. Post town, Wellingborough. Acres, 889. Real property, £1,237. Pop., 61. Houses, 12. The living is a rectory, annexed to Bozeat, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is early English.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

STRIXTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Wellingborough, hundred of Higham-Ferrers, N. division of the county of Northampton, 4¼ miles (S. by E.) from Wellingborough; containing 55 inhabitants. It comprises about 970 acres, and is varied by a portion of hilly ground; the soil is in general cold and heavy. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with the vicarage of Bozeat, and valued in the king’s books at £7. The church is a small edifice, affording a good specimen of the early English style.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Strixton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. Romwald, Strixton
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Strixton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Strixton, 1711-1857
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Strixton (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Strixton, parish registers, 1730-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Strixton (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Strixton, 1730-1926
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Strixton (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

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