West Haddon Northamptonshire Family History Guide

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West Haddon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HADDON (WEST), a village and a parish in Daventry district, Northampton. The village stands 3¾ miles NE of Crick r. station, and 8 NE of Daventry; and has a post-office under Rugby, and a fair on 2 May. The parish comprises 2, 900 acres. Real property, £6, 435. Pop., 963. Houses, 232. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to H. Atterbury, Esq. Oster Hill, where P. Ostorius was buried, is here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £240. Patron, the Rev. G. L. W. Fauquier. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and square embattled tower; and is very good. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, an endowed national school, and charities £82.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HADDON, WEST (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Daventry, hundred of Guilsborough, S. division of the county of Northampton, 7¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Daventry; containing 1013 inhabitants. Before the Conquest this place belonged to Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who gave it to the priory of Coventry at the time of its foundation: subsequently, the monasteries of Daventry and Sulby, and the priory of St. John of Jerusalem, had possessions here.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £13. 6. 8.; net income, £240; patron, S. Spence, Esq.; impropriator, C. Heighgate, Esq. The Baptists and Wesleyans have each a place of worship; and there is a national school. Ostor Hill, a high tumulus, supposed to be of P. Ostorius, pro-prætor in Britain, is situated in the parish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Northamptonshire, West Haddon – Church records ( 6 )
Births, 1815-1837
Author: Baptist Church (West Haddon, England)

Bishop’s transcripts for West Haddon, 1706-1885
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Haddon (Northamptonshire)

England, Northamptonshire, West Haddon, parish registers, 1653-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Haddon (Northamptonshire); Northampton Record Office (Northamptonshire)

Northampton and Daventry Wesleyan Methodist Circuits : historic roll 1899-1904
Author: EurekA Partnership

Parish registers for West Haddon, 1653-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Haddon (Northamptonshire)

West Haddon, Northampton, England, index 1653-1812 : for parish register transcript 1653-1687 by Mr. Buckby, 1991, parish register, 1687-1706, bishops transcripts, 1706-1812, pedigree [of] Sarah Ann Tomalin
Author: Spencer, Sidnee D. (Sidnee Day), 1938-

Northamptonshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Northamptonshire
  • Civil Registration District: Daventry
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Haddon
  • Poor Law Union: Daventry
  • Hundred: Guilsborough
  • Province: Canterbury