Thornhaugh Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Thornhaugh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire. Wansford is a chapelry of Thornhaugh.

Alternative names: Thornaugh with Wansford

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORNHAUGH, a parish in the district of Stamford and county of Northampton; 1¼ mile NNW of Wansford-Road r. station. Post town, Wansford. Acres, 1,706. Real property, £2,031. Pop., 243. Houses, 50. The property belongs to the Duke of Bedford. The living is a rectory, united with Wansford, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £483. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is ancient. There is a national school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

THORNHAUGH (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 1 mile (N.) from Wansford; containing 295 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the great road from London to York, within a mile of the river Nene, and two miles of the Peterborough and Blisworth railway; it comprises 1726a. 1r. 13p. Stone is quarried for roads and buildings.

The living is a rectory, with the living of Wansford annexed, valued in the king’s books at £17. 1. 3., and in the gift of the Duke of Bedford: the tithes have been commuted for £447, and the glebe contains 52 acres. The church exhibits portions in the various styles of English architecture. Sir William Russell, 4th son of Francis, 2nd earl of Bedford, resided in the parish, and was buried here in 1613; the place confers the title of Baron on the Russell family.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Thornhaugh – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thornhaugh, 1813-1887
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thornhaugh (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Thornhaugh, parish registers, 1562-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thornhaugh (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Northamptonshire, England, marriages, 1558-1837

Parish register transcripts, 1654-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thornhaugh (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Thornhaugh, 1562-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thornhaugh (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

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