Sudborough Northamptonshire Family History Guide
Sudborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1660
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SUDBOROUGH, a parish in Thrapston district, Northampton; 3¼ miles NNW of Thrapston r. station. It has a post-office under Thrapston.
Acres, 1,781. Real property, £2,646. Pop., 321. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to the Duke of Cleveland. There is a large brewery.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of P. The church is plain. Charities, £27.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SUDBOROUGH (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Thrapstone, hundred of Huxloe, N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (N. W.) from Thrapstone; containing 332 inhabitants, and comprising 1764 acres.
A considerable number of the women are employed in lace-making. An extensive brewery is carried on. Stone is procured for building and for the roads, and here is a large brick-yard.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 5. 10., and in the gift of the Bishop of London: the tithes have been commuted for £359, and the glebe comprises 40 acres: a new rectory-house was built by the present incumbent, the Rev. W. Duthy, in 1826. The church is in the early, decorated, and later English styles, and contains some ancient brasses and monuments.
A Sunday school was founded by the Marchioness of Bath, in 1788, and endowed with £366.13. 4. three per cent, reduced annuities; she directed that 30 boys and 30 girls should be instructed in the principles of the Established Church, the master and mistress to be paid one penny a week for each child, and the remainder of the fund to be expended in hiring, and in books and rewards for the children.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Directories
Kelly Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire 1869 – Google Books
Kelly Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire 1885 – Archive.org
Administration
- County: Northamptonshire
- Civil Registration District: Thrapston
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Oundle
- Poor Law Union: Thrapston
- Hundred: Huxloe
- Province: Canterbury