Croughton, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

Croughton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1663
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire
• Kings Sutton
• Hardwick-cum-Tusmore, Oxfordshire
• Evenley
• Newbottle with Charlton
• Aynhoe
• Fritwell, Oxfordshire
• Hinton in the Hedges with Steane

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CROUGHTON, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; contiguous with Bucks, 3½ miles SW of Brackley town a r. station. It has a post office under Brackley. Acres, 2, 620. Real property, £2, 851. Pop., 580. Houses, 122. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £600. Patron, the Rev. J. Lister. The church is Norman; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with low square tower; and is in tolerable condition. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Dr. Friend, the author of “History of Physic,” was a native.

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

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

• County: Northamptonshire
• Civil Registration District: Brackley
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
• Diocese: Peterborough
• Rural Deanery: Brackley
• Poor Law Union: Brackley
• Hundred: King’s Sutton
• Province: Canterbury