Place:Luddington, Northamptonshire, England

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NameLuddington
Alt namesLuddington in the Brooksource: from redirect
Luddington-in-the-Brooksource: FamilySearch Library Catalog
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.434°N 0.383°W
Located inNorthamptonshire, England
See alsoPolebrook Hundred, Northamptonshire, Englandhundred in which it was part located
Leightonstone Hundred, Huntingdonshire, Englandhundred in which it was part located
Oundle Rural, Northamptonshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Oundle and Thrapston Rural, Northamptonshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1935-1974
East Northamptonshire District, Northamptonshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974

Luddington is a civil parish in the East Northamptonshire District of Northamptonshire, England with a village named Luddington in the Brook. The Office of National Statistics states that parishes with populations of less than 100 should have their populations included with that of a neighbouring parish. The population of Luddington is included in the civil parish of Hemington.

St. Margaret's Church, a Gothic Revival building designed by Richard Carpenter, is a Grade II listed building.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"LUDDINGTON-IN-THE-BROOK, a parish in the [registration] district of Oundle and counties of Northampton[shire] and Huntingdon[shire]; 4 miles E by S of Barnwell [railway] station, and 5½ SE of Oundle. Post town, Oundle. Acres, 580. Real property of the Northampton portion, £732; of the Huntingdon portion, £260. Population of the [Northamptonshire] portion: 103; of the [Huntingdonshire] portion: 25. Houses: 20 and 6. The property belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch. The living is a rectory, united in 1867 with Hemington, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £320. Patron: the Duke of Buccleuch. The church is old, and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower."

A Vision of Britain Through Time further explains that Luddington was fully transferred to Northamptonshire in 1894.

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