Houghton Huntingdonshire Family History Guide

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Houghton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Huntingdonshire

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Mary the Virgin

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1633
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOUGHTON, a village and a parish in St. Ives district, Huntingdon. The village stands on the river Ouse, near the Huntingdon and Cambridge railway, 2½ miles WNW of St. Ives; and has a post-office under Huntingdon.

The parish comprises 1, 640 acres. Real property, £3, 089. Pop., 484. Houses, 110. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400. Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church is very ancient; was recently restored; consists of nave, N aisle, chancel, and S porch, with tower and spire; and contains an early English stone seat, and an elegant piscina. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and a British school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HOUGHTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of St. Ives, hundred of Hurstingstone, county of Huntingdon, 2 miles (W. by N.) from the town of St. Ives; containing 424 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Witton annexed, valued in the king’s books at £34. 17. 8½., and in the patronage of Lady O. Sparrow; net income, £626.

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.

Bellamy, Edward, of Fariot, co. Huntingdon, bachelor, 22, and Anne Godfrey, spinster, daughter of John Godfrey, of Houghton and Witton, said county, gent., who consents — at Sawtry, co. Huntingdon, Wood Newton, co. Northampton, or Caxton, co. Cambridge. 23 Nov. 1669. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Administration

  • County: Huntingdonshire
  • Civil Registration District: St Ives
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: St Ives
  • Poor Law Union: St Ives
  • Hundred: Hurstingstone
  • Province: Canterbury