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Duston, Northamptonshire

Historical Description

Duston, a parish in Northamptonshire, on the river Nen, adjacent to the Grand Union Canal, the M.R., and the L. & N.W.R., 2 miles W from Northampton. It has a post and telegraph office under Northampton; money order office, St James' End. Acreage, 1818; population of the civil parish, 2963; of the ecclesiastical, 783. Ironstone is worked here by the Stavelcy Coal and Iron Company, and there are sandstone quarries which are worked for building purposes. Some remains exist of an Augustinian monastery, founded in the 12th century by William Peverell, and styled St James' Abbey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £300 with residence, in the gift of Earl Cowper. The church is a building of stone in the Early English and Late Decorated styles with traces of Norman, and there is a chapel, which is used by Baptists and Congregationalists.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorthamptonshire 
Ecclesiastical parishDuston St. Mary 
HundredNewbottle-Grove 
Poor Law unionNorthampton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1692.

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with the Northamptonshire Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts for Northamptonshire online.


Churches

Church of England

St. Luke (parish church)

The church of St. Luke is a plain but ancient edifice of stone, in the Early English and Late Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled central tower with pinnacles containing 6 bells, three additional bells having been hung in 1902, at a cost of £290, in commemoration of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and a new oak font cover and brass ewer have also been presented by the children of the parish: the chancel, which retains a piscina, was restored in 1883: some of the corbels in the chancel have grotesque figures of musicians: the stained east window is a memorial to Henry Billington Whitworth Esq. who died 20th September, 1877, and was erected by his widow: the stained west window was given by the Rev. Peake Banton, vicar 1863-91; in 1898 the church was partially reseated and a new pulpit and clergy and choir stalls provided at a cost of £200; there are 280 sittings.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Duston from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northamptonshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Duston are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Northamptonshire papers online:


Parochial History

Under the provisions of section 36 of the "Local Government Act, 1894" (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) and by Local Government Board Order No. 32,548, dated April 1, 1895, the old parish of Duston was divided for civil purposes into two parishes, known as Duston and Duston St. James.

In pursuance of a Local Government Board Order, No. P. 1,623, which was confirmed by "Local Government Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 14) Act, 1900," and came into operation 9th November, 1900, a portion of the parish of Duston St. James was added to the municipal borough of Northampton, the remainder being annexed to Duston.

DistrictNorthampton
CountyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNN5
Post TownNorthampton

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