Weston by Welland Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Weston by Welland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names: Weston by Welland with Sutton Bassett

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1576
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WESTON-BY-WELLAND, a parish in the district of Market-Harborough, and county of Northampton; on the river Welland, 1 mile W of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 4 NE of Market-Harborough. Post town, Market-Harborough. Acres, 1,640. Real property, £2,239. Pop., 204. Houses, 46. The manor belongs to H. H. Hungerford, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with Sutton-Bassett, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £425. The Rev. S. Danby. The church was restored in 1865. There is a parochial 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

WESTON -BY- WELLAND (St. Mary) a parish, in the union of Market-Harborough, hundred of Corby, N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (N. E.) from Harborough; containing 199 inhabitants. The parish is on the river Welland, and comprises 984a. 3r. 32p. There are some quarries of stone, chiefly for the roads; and a few of the inhabitants are employed in weaving.

The living is a vicarage, with that of SuttonBassett united, valued in the king’s books at £ 11. 17. 1.; net income, £260; patron and incumbent, the Rev. James Halke. On the inclosure in 1802, 164a. 2r. 10p. were allotted in lieu of the tithes for both livings. The church is in the early English style of architecture, with a handsome tower.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Weston-by-Welland – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Weston-by-Welland, 1707-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-by-Welland (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Weston-by-Welland, parish registers, 1576-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-by-Welland (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Marriages at Weston-by Welland and Sutton Bassett, 1570-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-by-Welland (Northamptonshire); Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913; Faithfull, R. C. (Robert Colquhoun); Longdon, Henry Isham

Parish registers for Weston-by-Welland, 1576-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-by-Welland (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

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