WOLFHAMPCOTE

The original village, four miles north west of Daventry, was deserted in the Middle Ages. There is little there today except the seventeenth century Manor House and the fourteenth century church which is now redundant. Flecknoe, Nethercote and Sawbridge are within the parish boundaries.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Knightlow. UNION: Rugby

ADJOINING PARISHES: Grandborough, Willoughby, the Northamptonshire parishes of Braunston and Staverton, Upper Shuckburgh, Lower Shuckborough.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1558-1982 Marriages: 1558-1927 Burials: 1558-1982 Banns 1823-1919

Bishop's Transcripts : 1670-1839 LIC Begin c1858 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1558-1768 & 1813-1885, Marriages: 1558-1895. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: CMB 1558-1768 WAR , SoG

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: Church WAR
St. Peters BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR
Flecknoe St.Mark's and Willoughby St. Nicholas BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1558-1837
Poor Law c1690-1860

MANORIAL RECORDS: Release of Manor 1655.

DEEDS: Extensive collection, 13th-15th century, summarised.

OTHER SOURCES: Plan of estate: Mrs Downes (n.d.).
Printed plan of estate 1850.
Historical Notes on Wolfhampcote, E.R. Reid-Smith, 2nd edition, 1954.
Glebe Terriers of Wolfhampcote, E.R. Reid-Smith. WWM Vol.2 No.9 1955.
Parish magazines 1883-1933.

[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]