Woodford Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Woodford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names: Woodford near Thrapston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1680
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1708

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOODFORD, a parish, with a village, in Thrapston district, Northampton; 2½ miles SW by W of Thrapston r. station. It has a post-office under Thrapston. Acres, 1,750. Real property, £4,194. Pop. in 1851, 726; in 1861, 912. Houses, 207. The increase of pop. arose from extension of shoe manufacture. The property is subdivided. W. Lodge is the seat of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. G. Arbuthnot. Ironstone is quarried; and Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £497. Patron, Lord St. John. The church was recently restored, and has a tower and spire. There are a Baptist chapel, national schools, and charities £86.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, Woodford (near Thrapston) – Census – 1841 – Indexes ( 1 )
1841 census — Woodford-by-Thrapston, Northants. hundred of Huxloe : all that village of Woodford which lies east and south of the turnpike road from Thrapston to Wellingborough

England, Northamptonshire, Woodford (near Thrapston) – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
Woodford-by-Thrapston 1851 census : [HO 107/1745 fo. 209]
Author: Alexander, Paul

England, Northamptonshire, Woodford (near Thrapston) – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Woodford, 1708-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodford (near Thrapston, Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Woodford (near Thrapston), parish registers, 1680-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodford (near Thrapston, Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Parish registers for Woodford, near Thrapston, 1680-1961
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodford (near Thrapston, Northamptonshire)

Woodford by Thrapston register, 371p/16 [Nthts. R.O.]
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodford (near Thrapston, Northamptonshire); Alexander, Paul

Woodford by Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England, parish register, 1680-1800
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodford (near Thrapston, Northamptonshire); Cobb, John L.

England, Northamptonshire, Woodford (near Thrapston) – History ( 1 )
Woodford juxta Thrapston–the history of a Northamptonshire parish
Author: Humphries, Eric; Humphries, Mary

England, Northamptonshire, Woodford (near Thrapston) – Probate records ( 1 )
Woodford-by-Thrapston wills/admins., 1700-49
Author: Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court; Alexander, Paul

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Thrapston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Higham Ferrers
  • Poor Law Union: Thrapston
  • Hundred: Huxloe
  • Province: Canterbury