Whilton Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Whilton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1570
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1704

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHILTON, a parish, with a village, in Daventry district, Northampton; 3½ miles SSE of Crick r. station, and 4½ ENE of Daventry. It has a post-office under Daventry. Acres, 1,270. Real property, £2,582. Pop., 350. Houses, 81. W. Lodge is the seat of J. A. Craven, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400. Patron, W. G. Rose, Esq. The church is good; and there are an endowed school with £57 a year, and charities £15.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WHILTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Daventry, hundred of Newbottle-Grove, S. division of the county of Northampton, 4½ miles (E. N. E.) from Daventry; containing 401 inhabitants. The parish comprises by survey 916 acres, in equal portions of arable and pasture. The Watling-street, the Grand Junction canal, and the London and Birmingham railway (of which the Weedon station is distant four miles), pass through it.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 16. 3.; net income, £328; patron, William Rose Rose, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land in 1777; the glebe altogether comprises 183 acres. The present church, a plain neat structure, was built 30 years since. Jonathan Emery bequeathed £500, and Judith Worsfold £1000 three per cent, consols., producing together £55 per annum, which are applied in aid of a national school, £40 to the master, and the rest in keeping the buildings in repair.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Whilton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Whilton, 1704-1895
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whilton (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Whilton, parish registers, 1570-1823
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whilton (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Whilton, 1570-1984
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whilton (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Daventry
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Haddon
  • Poor Law Union: Daventry
  • Hundred: Nobottle Grove
  • Province: Canterbury