Syresham Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Syresham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Other places in the parish include: Crowfield.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. James

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1668
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SYRESHAM, a village and a parish in Brackley district, Northampton. The village stands 5 miles NE of Brackley r. station; carries on lace-making and boot and shoe-making; and has a post-office under Brackley. The parish includes Crowfield hamlet, and comprises 4,060 acres. Real property, £3,807. Pop., 1,047. Houses, 242. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £216. Patron, C. Dormer, Esq. The church is in mixed styles and good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £16 a year, and charities £30.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SYRESHAM (St. James), a parish, in the union of Brackley, hundred of King’s-Sutton, S. division of the county of Northampton, 4 miles (N. E.) from Brackley; containing 889 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Brackley to Towcester, and comprises about 1770 acres. Stone is quarried for building and other purposes.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13: net income, £152; patron, C. C. Dormer, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1765: there is a parsonage-house, with 33½ acres of land. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. The Rev. George Hammond, in 1755, bequeathed £400 for teaching fourteen boys; and in augmentation, Conquest Jones in 1773 left £100.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Syresham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Syresham, 1707-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Syresham (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Syresham, parish registers, 1668-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Syresham (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Syresham, 1668-1939
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Syresham (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Brackley
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Brackley
  • Poor Law Union: Brackley
  • Hundred: King’s Sutton
  • Province: Canterbury