Wansford Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Wansford is a chapelry of Thornhaugh Ancient Parish in Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1807
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WANSFORD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Stamford and county of Northampton; on the river Nen, and on the Stamford and Essendine railway, 2 miles N of the junction with the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 8 miles W of Peterborough.

It has a head post-office, two r. stations designated Wansford and Wansford-Road, and a bridge celebrated by Drunken Barnaby, originally thirteen-arched, but partly destroyed in 1795 and rebuilt in 1796. Acres, 469. Real property, £950. Pop., 180. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bedford.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Thornhaugh. The church is ancient.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WANSFORD (St. Mary), a parish and post-town, in the union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 36 miles (N. E.) from Northampton; containing 205 inhabitants.

This parish, which comprises 469 acres, is situated on the river Nene, and traversed by the great road from London to York. The Peterborough and Blisworth railway passes within a mile of the place; the Wansford station is equidistant from the Oundle station and the station at Peterborough.

The living is annexed to the rectory of Thornhaugh: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1807. The church exhibits specimens of various styles.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

Bishop’s transcripts for Wansford, 1813-1873
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wansford (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Wansford, parish registers, 1807-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wansford (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

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

Parish registers for Wansford, 1807-1962
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wansford (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