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| Name | Weldon |
| Type | Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.491°N 0.646°W |
| Located in | Northamptonshire, England (1935 - ) |
| See also | Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England | parish from which it was formed in 1935 | | Little Weldon, Northamptonshire, England | parish from which it was formed in 1935 | | Kettering Rural, Northamptonshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1935-1974 | | Corby District, Northamptonshire, England | district municipality covering the area 1974-2021 | | North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England | unitary authority covering the area since April 2021 |
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Weldon is a suburban village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Corby, Northamptonshire, two miles away from the town centre. The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Weledene', in the Corby Hundred. The head of the manor before 1066 is listed as 'Weldon', likely Anglo-Saxon. The Lord in 1066 is listed as 'Northmann', perhaps an unnamed Viking or Dane. The Lord, and Tenant-in-Chief, in 1086 was Robert de Bucy(Buci), a Norman.
Weldon was formed as a civil parish in 1935 from the civil parishes of Great Weldon and Little Weldon.
It is, currently, administered by North Northamptonshire Council, a unitary authority. Prior to local government changes in 2021 it was part of Corby Borough Council. At the time of the UK census of 2001, the parish's population was 1,644 people, increasing to 2,099 at the 2011 UK census.
While still a defined village, it is under great pressure to expand and has since become a suburb of Corby. However, it still remains a parish. Weldon is at the crossroads of the north-south A43 major road which bypasses it to the west and the A427 road that, locally, provides a route to Market Harborough westbound and Oundle eastbound.
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin is an early-13th century limestone-built church located just to the south of the main village.
Research Tips
A Vision of Britain through Time
A Vision of Britain through Time describes parishes and former parishes from a gazetteer of 1871; provides an outline of the historic administration links for parishes. The OS map of 1900, the OS map of 1935, and the OS map of 1965 all show parish boundaries and settlements within parishes. These maps are all expandable to show individual parishes and are useful for inspecting changes occuring over the 20th century.
Archive Centres
- Northamptonshire Archives is located at Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, NN4 8BQ, Telephone from the UK: 01604 767562 (from overseas replace the "01" with "44"). The website gives opening times and facilities available.
- Northampton Central Library, Abington Street, Northampton, NN1 2BA (Telephone from the UK: 01604 26771 (from overseas replace the "01" with "44").
Northamptonshire Family History Society
The NFHS website describes the activities of the society. The Society is presently transcribing the deposited Marriage Registers for the period 1754 through 1837. These transcriptions may provide more details than can be found on other databases where subscriptions are charged.
GENUKI
The main GENUKI page for Northamptonshire lists a number of topics for research.
Victoria County History
- the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire produced online by British History Online (founded by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust in 2003) contains only some of the Hundreds of Northamptonshire in its collection. Articles that do exist will be referenced under the relevant hundred and parish.
Online Databases
FindMyPast includes (list checked July 2018)
- Northamptonshire Parish Records (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, and Probate Index)
- Northamptonshire Freeholders 1795-1797
- Northamptonshire Hearth Tax, 1674
- Northamptonshire Military Tribunals 1916-1918
- Northamptonshire Militia Lists 1771
- Northamptonshire, Northampton General Hospital Admissions 1774-1846
While Ancestry offers (list checked July 2018)
- Census & Voter Lists 1841-1911.
- Northamptonshire Birth, Marriage & Death
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1912
- Other Birth, Marriage & Death collections related to Northamptonshire. (32)
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Confirmations, 1870-1911
- Other Schools, Directories & Church Histories collections related to Northamptonshire. (34)
- A calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland : proved in the court of the archdeacon of Northampton
- Other Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal collections related to Northamptonshire. (23)
- Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs collections related to Northamptonshire. (21)
- Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers collections related to Northamptonshire. (7)
- Northamptonshire Stories, Memories & Histories
- Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas French: who came to America from Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, England and settled
- Works of Reverend James Hervey, 1713-1758
- The Orlebar Chronicles in Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, 1553-1733, or the Children of the Manorhouse
- Descendents of Thomas Chichele of Higham-Ferrers, Northampton, England
- Rockingham Castle and the Watsons
- Other Northamptonshire Stories, Memories & Histories (14)
FamilySearch also has an extensive database online. It is free, but may not always provide the original images provided by the services one pays for.
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