Winwick Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Winwick (near Guilsborough) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1567
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1708

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINWICK, a parish in Daventry district, Northampton; on the Grand Union canal, 4½ miles NNE of Crick r. station. Post town, Rugby. Acres, 2,038. Real property, £3,902. Pop., 122. Houses, 30. The manor belongs to Sir J. H. Langham, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £530. Patron, the Bishop of P. The church’s chancel was rebuilt in 1853, and the rest restored in 1856. There are a parochial school, and charities £24.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WINWICK (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Daventry, hundred of Guilsborough, S. division of the county of Northampton, 8¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Daventry; containing 165 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the Grand Union canal, and comprises by measurement 2011 acres, about 300 of which are arable, and the rest pasture. The soil is very rich, and consists of clay and sand, the former greatly predominating.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £15. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln: the tithes have been commuted for £475; the glebe comprises 100 acres. The church is in the early English style, with a tower, and contains some handsome monuments of the Craven family. Some remains of an old mansion in the parish have been converted into a farmhouse; the gateway is a curious antique structure.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Winwick – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. Michael & All Angels Winwick
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Winwick – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Winwick, 1708-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winwick (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Winwick, parish registers, 1567-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winwick (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Winwick, 1567-2000
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winwick (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: Guilsborough
  • Province: Canterbury