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Name | Luddington |
Alt names | Luddington in the Brook | source: from redirect | | Luddington-in-the-Brook | source: FamilySearch Library Catalog |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.434°N 0.383°W |
Located in | Northamptonshire, England |
See also | Polebrook Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | hundred in which it was part located | | Leightonstone Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | hundred in which it was part located | | Oundle Rural, Northamptonshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Oundle and Thrapston Rural, Northamptonshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1935-1974 | | East Northamptonshire District, Northamptonshire, England | district 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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Categories: Northamptonshire, England | Luddington, Northamptonshire, England | Polebrook Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | Leightonstone Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | Oundle Rural, Northamptonshire, England | Oundle and Thrapston Rural, Northamptonshire, England | East Northamptonshire District, Northamptonshire, England
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