Seaton with Thorpe Rutland Family History Guide
Seaton with Thorpe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Rutlandshire.
Alternative names: Seaton
Other places in the parish include: Thorpe by Water and Thorpe.
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Bisbrooke
- Gretton, Northamptonshire
- Lyddington
- Glaston
- Morcott
- Harringworth, Northamptonshire
- Barrowden
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SEATON, a village and a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland.
The village stands near the Rugby and Stamford railway, 2½ miles ESE of Uppingham; was known at Domesday as Segentone; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Uppingham.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Thorpe-by-Water, and comprises 2,050 acres. Real property, £3,647. Pop., 422. Houses, 89. The manor belonged, at Domesday, to Robert de Todeni; passed to the Beaufoes and others; and belongs now to E. H. Monckton, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £649. Patron, the Rev. T. Heycock. The church is old, and has a tower and spire. Charities, £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SEATON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Uppingham, hundred of Wrandike, county of Rutland, 2½ miles (E. by S.) from Uppingham; containing, with the hamlet of Thorpe-by-Water, 446 inhabitants, of whom 362 are in Seaton hamlet.
The parish comprises 1395a. lr. 21p.; the soil is chiefly a red mould alternated with blue clay, and is of great fertility.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £20. 7. 6.; income, £649; patron, the Earl of Harborough. The church is in the later English style.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Hunt, John, of Thorpe, co. Rutland, gent., bachelor, about 40, and Mrs. Mary Clerke, of Gretton, co. Northampton, widow, about 30 — at Gretton aforesaid. 17 Dec. 1674. V.
Osborne, John, of Seeton, co. Rutland, esq., and Anne Parker, daughter of Leonard Parker, late of St. Benet Fink, London, deceased— at St. Benet Fink aforesaid. 19 April, 1626. B.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Seaton
Thorpe by Water
Administration
- County: Rutlandshire
- Civil Registration District: Uppingham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Rutland
- Poor Law Union: Uppingham
- Hundred: Wrangdyke
- Province: Canterbury