Syresham, Northamptonshire
Historical Description
Syresham, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire, The village stands 4 miles NE of Brackley, and 3 SE from Helmdon station on the Banbury and Blisworth section of the L. & N.W.R. It carries on lace-making and boot and shoe making; and has a post office under Brackley; money order office, Silverstone; telegraph office, Helmdon. The— parish includes Crowfield hamlet, and comprises 3735 acres; population of the civil parish, 773; of the ecclesiastical, 734. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The manor belongs to the Mitchell family, and much of the land belongs to the Crown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £18 8. The church is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, organ chamber, nave, aisles, a curious S porch, and" a low western tower with shingled spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Northamptonshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Syresham St. James | |
| Hundred | Kings-Sutton | |
| Poor Law union | Brackley |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with the Northamptonshire Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts for Northamptonshire online.
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 Syresham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848 (Syresham (St. James))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northamptonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Syresham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- 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: