Stamford Baron St. Martin, Northamptonshire Genealogy

England   Northamptonshire



Parish History
Although physically located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, this parish was included in Northamptonshire. Those parts of the parish that are within the municipal borough of Stamford were move to Lincolnshire in 1832 and 1835. A new parish,Stamford Baron St. Martin, Lincolnshire, was created in 1889. Those portions of this parish that remained as part of Northampton were renamed St. Martin Without at that time.

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
Stamford St Martin or Stamford Baron is in the county of Northamptonshire and the Diocese of Peterborough, although it is physically located within the Borough of Stamford. The parish records are therefore deposited at Northamptonshire Record Office.

Stamford Baron (St. Martins) Baptisms 1572-1902 Marriages 1572-1957 Burials 1572-1860 are deposited registers at Northampton Records Office, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton,NN4 8BQ Sarah Bridges, County Archivist and Heritage Services Manager: archivist@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Stamford Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

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
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