Huntingdonshire Parishes - Elton
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Brief
Description:
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ELTON, a parish in the hundred of NORMAN-CROSS, county of HUNTINGDON, 4¾ miles (N.E.) from Oundle, containing 785 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £23.9.2., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of University College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has portions in the decorated, with insertions in the later, English style. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A free school is endowed with between £40 and £50 per annum. This
extract is from "Samuel Lewis Topographical Gazeetter - 1831"
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Hundred:
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NORMAN CROSS |
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Registration
District:
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The parish
of Elton was originally the Oundle Registration District from 1st July 1837.
Subsequently, it became part of the sub-District of Fotheringhay. It was
later transferred to the Peterborough District.
From 1st April 1998, marriage records were transferred to the Huntingdon Registry Office, but the births and burial records were retained by Peterborough. |
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First
Appearance of Name:
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Charter - 972-92. |
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Updated on: 29 November 2001
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