Little Bowden, Northamptonshire Family History Guide

Little Bowden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Other places in the parish include: Little Oxendon and Little Oxenden.

Alternative names: Bowden Parva

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1653
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Dingley
• East Farndon
• Clipston
• Oxendon
• Lubenham
• Market Harborough
• Great Bowden
• Braybrooke

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOWDEN (Little), or Bowden-Parva, a parish in Market-Harborough district and county of Northampton; ½ mile S of Market-Harborough. It includes the hamlet of Little Oxenden; and its post-town is MarketHarborough, under Rugby. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £5,492. Pop., 486. Houses, 108. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400. Patron, the Rev. T. W. Barlow. The church is good; and there are charities £76

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

Directories

Kelly Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire 1869 - Google Books

Kelly Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire 1885 - Archive.org

Administration

County: Northamptonshire
Civil Registration District: Market Harborough
Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
Diocese: Peterborough
Rural Deanery: Rothwell
Poor Law Union: Market Harborough
Hundred: Rothwell
Province: Canterbury