England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Wilby lies in southeastern Northamptonshire close to the substantial market town of Wellingborough. Wilby is a compact village, which has stretched in recent times with growth towards its larger neighbour, lying on the A4500 road which links Wellingborough to Northampton, it is about two miles southwest of Wellingborough. With the dual-carriageway A45 close by the A4500 is now a much quieter road and Wilby with it. Most of Wilby is built around the junction of the A4500 and the lane which heads northeastwards towards Mears Ashby although as said there is now a linear strip which is joining Wilby to the rapidly expanding town along the A4500 itself. The village was noted for being involved in the manufacture of parchment, there are also limestone quarries to give an alternative to agriculture. Wilby is built along the valley of a small tributary of the River Nene, this tributary meets the River Ise at Wellingborough before joining the Nene to ultimately leave via The Wash. Wilby is sited at about 75 metres above the sea in the valley, land rises to above 100 metres above the sea to both north and south. The parish is a relatively small one covering around 1,100 acres and it would have supported about 430 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held by one Countess Judith and supported 7 ploughs. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 5th October 1754 - 12th October 1812 | Northamptonshire Archives - Reference - 366P/003 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 2nd February 1813 - 25th June 1837 | Northamptonshire Archives - Reference - 366P/004 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
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