Lutton or Luddington in the Wold, Northamptonshire
Historical Description
Lutton or Luddington-in-the-Wold, a parish in Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, 5 miles E of Oundle town and station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Oundle. Acreage of the Northampton portion, 1143; population, 134; acreage of the Huntingdon portion, 346; population, 49; of the ecclesiastical parish, 269. The manor belongs to the Fitzwilliam family. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Washingley, in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £179 with residence. The church, which was restored in 1880, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower, with a peal of four bells. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1656.
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. Peter (parish church)
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, containing 4 bells: a new organ was provided in 1897: the church was restored in 1880 at a cost of about £800, and again in 1912 at a cost of £500.
Methodist
Wesleyan chapel
There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1874.
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 Lutton or Luddington in the Wold from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northamptonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Lutton or Luddington in the Wold 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: