Peterborough (St John the Baptist), Northamptonshire Genealogy

England   Northamptonshire

Parish History
Peterborough (St John the Baptist) is an Ancient Parish mostly in Northamptonshire and partly in Cambridgeshire. Other places in this parish include:


 * Oxney
 * Old Newark
 * Newark
 * Eastfield
 * Dogsthorpe

See also Peterborough (St John the Baptist), Cambridgeshire.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
View Anglican Church Records in our catalog.

Non Conformist

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1849-1855 on FHL Film # 0087027 Item 21
 * Independent Westgate 1810-1837 on FHL Film # 825344 Item 2
 * Wesleyan Church 1822-1837 on FHL Film # 825344 Item 3

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northamptonshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.