Wootton Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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Wootton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. George the Martyr

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1707
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOOTTON, a parish, with a village, in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; 2½ miles S by E of Northampton r. station. It has a post-office under Northampton. Acres, 1,430. Real property, £4,707. Pop. in 1861, 837; of whom 45 were in Hardingstone workhouse. Houses, 162. The manor belongs to W. O. Harris, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £600. Patron, Exeter College, Oxford. The church was recently restored. Charities, £10.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WOOTTON (St. George the Martyr), a parish, in the union of Hardingstone, hundred of Wymmersley, S. division of the county of Northampton, 2½ miles (S. by E.) from Northampton; containing 793 inhabitants, and comprising 1915 acres, of which twothirds are arable and the remainder pasture. Wootton Hall, the seat of W. Harris, Esq., stands elevated, and commands extensive prospects: the grounds are surrounded with thriving plantations.

The workhouse of the Hardingstone union is situated in this parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £21. 15.; net income, £500, with a house; patrons, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land in 1778. A national school is maintained by the rector. The rent of three acres, awarded under an inclosure act, and now let for about £6 per annum, is appropriated to the support of a medical club; and there are some trifling bequests for the poor. Several hundreds of Roman coins were discovered in 1843.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northamptonshire, Wootton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions at the Church of St. George the Martyr, Wootton
Author: Northamptonshire Family History Society

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

England, Northamptonshire, Wootton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wootton, 1706-1896
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wootton (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, Wootton, parish registers, 1707-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wootton (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office

Parish registers for Wootton, 1707-1978
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wootton (Northamptonshire)

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hardingstone
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Preston
  • Poor Law Union: Hardingstone
  • Hundred: Wymersley
  • Province: Canterbury