Easton or Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire
Historical Description
Easton or Easton-on-the-Hill, a parish in Northamptonshire, at the verge of the county, on the river Welland, and 2½ miles WSW from Stamford stations on the M.R. and G.N.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stamford. Acreage, 3350; population, 914. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £336. Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel;. also an endowed school and some small charities.
Church Records
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1581; burials, 1583; marriages, 1579.
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
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles containing 4 bells: in 1888 the chancel was thoroughly restored at a cost of nearly £200: the south aisle was re-roofed in oak in 1913: in 1912 a reredos was given by Miss Harrisson: there are 450 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Easton or Easton on the Hill from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northamptonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Easton or Easton on the Hill are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Northamptonshire papers online: