Tansor Northamptonshire Family History Guide
Tansor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1639
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1716
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TANSOR, a parish in Oundle district, Northampton; on the river Nen and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 2 miles NNE of Oundle. Post town, Oundle. Acres, 2,050. Real property, £2,457. Pop., 248. Houses, 58. The manor belongs to the Earl of Westmoreland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £283. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is partly Norman, partly early English. Charities, £39.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
TANSOR (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Oundle, hundred of Willybrook, N. division of the county of Northampton, 2¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Oundle; containing 303 inhabitants. This parish, which lies on the right bank of the river Nene, comprises 1414a. 1r. 27p.; the soil is generally light and gravelly, and the lands are chiefly arable, with a portion of meadow and pasture.
The village is pleasantly situated, and the surrounding scenery is enlivened with the graceful windings of the Nene, which in some parts is beautifully picturesque. From the higher grounds is obtained an interesting view of Oundle, Cotterstock, and the adjacent country, with the spire of Nassington and the massive tower of Wood-Newton in the distance.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 12. 11.; net income, £283; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln: the tithes were commuted for land in 1777, and the glebe altogether comprises 233 acres.
The church is an ancient structure, partly in the Norman and partly in the early and later English styles, with a low tower; it has twelve stalls of rich tabernacle work, removed from the collegiate church of Fotheringhay, and some fine specimens of screen-work. Among the several monuments are, a brass tablet with the effigies of John Colt, rector of the parish, of the date 1440; and a tablet of black marble to John Johnson, master of the free school of Fotheringhay, and rector of Tansor, who died in 1620.
The principal charities are, the Town-land charity, consisting of 16 acres of land, the rent of which, payable half yearly, is distributed in coal and shoes by the rector and churchwardens; and three acres of land bequeathed by Mr. John Cave, the rent of which is distributed in food and clothing. Some lands in the parish of Cotterstock, producing a rental of £20, were bequeathed by Mr. Bellamy in 1819 for apprenticing poor boys of the parishes of Oundle, Tansor, Cotterstock, and Glapthorn.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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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