Thorpe Achurch with Lilford Northamptonshire Family History Guide

Thorpe Achurch with Lilford is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Northamptonshire, created in 1778 from Thorpe Achurch Ancient Parish and Lilford cum Wigsthorpe Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Lilford, Wigsthorpe, and Lilford cum Wigsthorpe.

Alternative names: Thorpe Achurch

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Thorpe Achurch with Lilford

  • Parish registers: 1591
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701

Lilford

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORPE-ACHURCH, a parish, with a r. station, in Oundle district, Northampton; on the Peterborough railway, 4 miles NNE of Thrapston. Post town, Oundle.

Acres, 1,580. Real property, £2,465. Pop., 209. Houses, 44. The manor belongs to Lord Lilford.

The living is a rectory, united with Lilford, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £420. Patron, Lord Lilford. The church was recently restored. Charities, £18.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Thorpe-Achurch – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thorpe-Achurch, 1701-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorpe-Achurch (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Thorpe-Achurch, parish registers, 1591-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorpe-Achurch (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Parish register of Thorpe Abchurch, Northamptonshire, 1591-1669, 1591-1670
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorpe-Achurch (Northamptonshire); Cobb, John L.

Parish register transcripts, 1594-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorpe-Achurch (Northamptonshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1813-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Abington (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Thorpe-Achurch, 1591-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorpe-Achurch (Northamptonshire)

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: Oundle
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Oundle
  • Poor Law Union: Oundle
  • Hundred: Huxloe; Navisford
  • Province: Canterbury