Daventry Genealogical Records
Daventry Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may include residence, father's occupation and more.
An index to and images of close to 800,000 baptism records from the Church of England. The records were typically made shortly after a child's birth and consist of the child's name, date of baptism, parents' names, residence, father's occupation and occasionally other details.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Daventry Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Abstracts of documents grating couples a right to marry in church by licences issued by Lincoln Diocese. The abstracts list name, condition, occupation, residence, age and other details.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
An index to over 95,000 marriages in around 500 Northamptonshire parishes.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of marriage records that cover over 160 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Daventry Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records covering those buried at Holy Cross, Daventry_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
An index to and images of registers recording around 500,000 burials. They typically list name, age, date of burial, residence; but may occasionally include other details.
Daventry Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1881 census provides details on an individual's age, residence and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows for searches on multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Daventry
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Coventry area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Coventry area.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Coventry district. Includes family announcements.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Leamington Spa area.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Coventry area.
Daventry Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Abstracts of early wills, naming legates etc., from the Diocese of Lincoln, covering parts of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties.
Index of wills proved in the Consistory Court of Lincoln. Provides a reference which can be used to locate records.
A list of wills proved by the Consistory Court of Lincoln.
An index to records administering deceased's estates in the Diocese of Lincoln.
Daventry Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Daventry Military Records
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Northamptonshire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Northamptonshire, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
Daventry Court & Legal Records
Poll books for multiple years, searchable by a name index. They record for whom those with the right to vote voted for.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
Daventry Taxation Records
Details of over 22,000 householder and the hearths in their house.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Daventry Land & Property Records
Poll books for multiple years, searchable by a name index. They record for whom those with the right to vote voted for.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
Daventry Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of settlements in Northamptonshire detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Daventry Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Northamptonshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Daventry Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Daventry Histories & Books
Photographs and images of churches in Northamptonshire.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
Ariel photographs of the British Isles. Browsable by location.
Over 19,000 postcards depicting places in the UK & Ireland.
Daventry School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Daventry Occupation & Business Records
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the Midlands region of England.
A list of Baptist churches in the county with the name of their pastor.
A non-exhaustive list of Baptist churches and their ministers in the counties.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Daventry
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Daventry Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of Northamptonshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
The most comprehensive listing of Knights of the Crown, listing details where known to the order, date, place and reason for elevation.
Daventry Church Records
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese. Includes act books and bishop's registers.
Extracts from the records of the Diocese of Lincoln, including visitations, subsidy rolls, clergy lists, records relating to papists and non-conformists etc.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Biographical Directories Covering Daventry
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Daventry Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Daventry Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Daventry, a very ancient town, and certainly a place of note at the Norman conquest; and, from the old spelling and present pronunciation of its name (Daintree), and especially from the bearings on its common seal, (a Dane and a tree), has been generally supposed to have been founded by the Danes. But the ingenious Mr. Pennant thinks "its origin much more remote, "and finds a better derivation in the British words, Dwy-avon-tre, i.e. the town of the two Avons, exactly descriptive of the place, which is situated between two rivers, bearing the same name. That it was a place of some note at the Conquest, appears by the account of it in Doomsday Book; in the time of which survey it formed part of the immense possessions bestowed by the Conqueror on his niece, the Countess Judith, whom he had married to the brave Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland; and farther to engage the fidelity of this powerful nobleman, he gave with her this county, and that of Huntingdon. Waltheof unfortunately engaged in a conspiracy, and, notwithstanding he repented, and threw himself at the foot of the throne, and supplicated an amnesty for himself and followers, he was beheaded in the year 1074, at the instigation of his wife. It seemed she had cast her adulterous eye on another person, but was disappointed; for the king offered to her Simon de Liz, a noble Norman, lame of one leg, —him she rejected; which so enraged her uncle, that he deprived her of the two earldoms, and gave them to de, Liz, with her eldest daughter, which obliged Judith to a state of penitential widowhood during life.
Daventry, containing many good houses and inns, and being the thoroughfare to Chester and the north-west country, derives its principal support from the travellers that pass through it.
Here are some remains of a priory, which is now inhabited by poor families. The place is easily discovered by several Gothic windows, and a door accessible only by a great flight of steps. Four Cluniac monks were originally placed at Preston-Capes, in this county, by Hugh de Leycester, sheriff of the county, and steward to Maud, sister to the first St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon; but, finding the situation inconvenient for want of water, he built a priory here, to which place he removed them about the year 1090; it was dedicated to St. Augustine, and was subordinate to St. Mary de Caritate. This house, by the long list of grants and benefactions, was most richly endowed, a circumstance that did not escape the keen observation of Cardinal Wolsey; for it was one of the monasteries dissolved by the permission of Pope Clement the Seventh, and King Henry the Eighth, in the seventh year of his reign, and granted to the cardinal for the purpose of erecting his intended new colleges of Ipswich and Christ-church in Oxford. On the suppression of this priory, its spiritualities were valued at 115l. 17s. 4d. and the temporalities at 120l. 10s. 2d. The conventual was afterwards made the parochial church, and thence the buildings extended northward, which was a few years since taken down and handsomely built; but it is no more than a curacy in the gift of Christ-church college.
Daventry, though it sends no members to parliament, is a borough, with considerable privileges. Its charter is supposed to have been granted in the reign of King John, and was renewed in that of Elizabeth. The corporation consists of thirteen burgesses, one of whom is annually chosen bailiff, a recorder, town clerk, two head, and two sub-wardens, and twenty common council-men. The bailiff, for the time being, is justice of the peace, and also the year following, and is likewise coroner of the inquest. These two justices, with the recorder, or his substitute, the town- clerk, constitute a quorum. They can arrest for any sum under one hundred pounds, and decide the cause in their own court. In criminal causes they can commit to the county jail; and they hold quarterly sessions for the parish as a distinct district, which has no concern with the juries, sessions, or rates of the county. In the reign of Edward the Third, the manor was assigned to the celebrated John of Gaunt, of whose castle there are some obscure remains, and annexed to the duchy of Lancaster.
The town stands upon the great road from London to West Chester, and contains, according to the late population act, 639 houses, and 3326 inhabitants: it has a good market on Wednesday. An extensive whip manufactory is now kept by Dickens and Co. Here is also a gallery of pictures for exhibition and sale.
About half a mile to the south of the town are the celebrated entrenchments, which surround the summit of an insulated hill, now called by its Saxon name, Borough-hill, but which, Mr. Pennant says, is the strong hold of the Britons, called by Tacitus, Benvenna, from its British name, Ben Avon, or the head over the river. These vast works enclose a beautiful flat, nearly oval, and singular for extent and elevation, round which there is a two-mile course, though the annual races are now discontinued. From the vicinity of the old Roman road, this fortress has generally been reckoned Roman; but its form, in Mr. Pennant’s opinion, proves it to have been originally British, though doubtless often occupied by Roman and other armies; and last of all, by that of Charles the First, a few days previous to the battle of Naseby.
At the foot of the hill, towards the south, is a remarkable spot, denominated Burnt Walls, where various walls, arched vaults, foundations of buildings, &c. have been discovered, and whence large quantities of stone have, at different times, been removed, for the purposes of building. The space which these occupy contains about six acres, and appears to have formerly been surrounded with a foss. Both the approaches to the town of Daventry having been inconveniently steep, have been improved, much to the accommodation of travellers.
DAVENTRY is a market, union and corporate town, on the road from Northampton to Rugby, head of a petty sessional division and county court district, with a station on a branch of the London and North Western railway from Weedon to Leamington, and distant 4 miles each from Weedon and Welton stations on the same line, 12 miles west from Northampton and 11 south-south-east from Rugby, 12 north-west from Towcester, 15 south from Lutterworth, 19 south-east from Coventry, 43 from Birmingham and 71 ½ from London; it is in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Fawsley, rural deanery of Daventry, archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough. The Grand Junction canal passes within two miles. The town, originally a borough by prescription, was incorporated by King John, whose charter was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth, Jas. I. and Chas. II.; the corporation now consists of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors, who also act as the Urban Sanitary Authority. The common seal bears date 1597, and exhibits the device of a Dane and a tree, from which the ancient name of “Daintree” is traditionally derived. The town is lighted with gas from works in Brook street, established in 1836, and partly supplied with water from a small reservoir on Burrow hill, about half a mile south-east of the town. The church of the Holy Cross, the foundation stone of which was laid on the 8th of April, 1752, occupies the site of an older structure, and is a building of stone in the Classic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a western tower with octagonal spire containing 8 bells and a clock with chimes: the stained east window was presented by the Watson family: the nave is divided from the aisles by lofty columns of the Doric order, and there are galleries on three sides: in 1874 the church was re-seated and in 1884 the chancel and body of the church were renovated and the whole interior re-decorated at a cost of about £300: there are 800 sittings: the church stands in an extensive burial ground, containing a fine avenue of trees. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a rectory, net yearly value from 190 acres of glebe £250, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough, and held since 1867 by the Rev. John Martyn Collyns M.A. late student of Christ Church, Oxford, rural dean of Daventry, hon. canon of Peterborough, surrogate and chaplain to Daventry union. St. James’s, a chapel of ease to the parish church, erected in 1840, is a structure of red brick, consisting of chancel, nave and a turret containing one bell: there are 450 sittings. The Catholic church, erected in 1882, and dedicated to St. Mark, is a plain building with presbytery adjoining and will seat 60 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, in New street, built with school rooms and minister’s house, in 1824, has sittings for 500 persons. The Congregational chapel, in Sheaf street, was erected in 1722, and has 400 sittings. The Moot Hall formerly stood in the Market place, but was pulled down in 1806 and the present building, then a private dwelling, was purchased. In 1749, John Farrer of Daventry, left £400 in the hands of trustees to purchase land and to pay the rents thereof to the master of the Grammar School at Daventry if he should be in holy orders, subject to his performing certain clerical duties. The Boddington estate of 73 acres, left by Edward Sawbridge esq. in 1772, produces £50 yearly for the poor; there are also several other charities producing together £80 yearly, for distribution in money and kind, including Bate’s charity, left in 1854, and producing 4s. weekly, for twelve poor persons not in receipt of parochial relief: there are also six beadsmen each receiving 4s. weekly from different benefactions. Daventry was once noted for the manufacture of whips, but this craft is now extinct. The manufacture of boots and shoes is actively carried on and forms the staple trade, giving employment to about 700 hands. A market is held every Wednesday and a fair for the sale of cattle the second Tuesday in every month and on the 27th of October, unless the latter falls on a Sunday, when it is held on the following day: fairs are also held on the second Tuesday in April and October for the sale of cheese and clattle, and a horse show, established in 1883, is held yearly in September. The L Company of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, have their drill hall in the Assembly Hall, New street. The recreation ground between New street and London Road comprises 4 acres, purchased by subscription in 1887 at a cost of about £750 (to commemorate the Queen’s jubilee), and opened in 1890; it is vested in a body of governors subject to the control of the Charity Commissioners. The Cluniac priory of St. Augustine, adjoining the church, and translated from Preston Capes, was founded in 1090 by Hugh de Leicester, and had revenues valued at its dissolution at £236; the remains of the monastic buildings were pulled down in 1822. The principal object of antiquarian interest is the Borough Hill, the” site of an extensive Roman or perhaps British encampment; it was formerly surrounded by a ditch and a rampart of more than two miles in circumference, inclosing a superficial area of 150 acres; its elevation being considerable, extensive and picturesque views are obtained from its summit, and hence may be seen Bardon Hill, in Charnwood Forest, distant 40 miles, the spire of Hanslope church, Buckinghamshire, 20 miles, and the twin spires of Trinity and St. Michael’s, Coventry: the Roman Watling Street passes miles from the north-eastern extremity of the encampment. The principal landowners are Capt. James Richard Plomer Clarke J.P. of Welton Place, who is lord of the manor, C. F. Watkins esq. of Ireland, Lord Wantage K.C.B., V.C. the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, and Joseph Williams esq. of the Manor House, Drayton there are several small freeholders. The soil is principally a brownish loam on a substratum of porous rock or gravel, the greater portion being meadow and pasture land. The area extends over 3,513 acres of land, including the hamlet of Drayton, half a mile west, and 120 of water; rateable value, £14,785; the population in 1891 was 3,939, including 96 officers and inmates in the workhouse.
Petty Sessions held at Police station, New street, every Wednesday at 12 noon The following parishes are in the Petty Sessional division:-Ashby St. Ledgers, Badby, Barby, Braunston, Brockhall, Long Buckby, Byfield, Canons Ashby, Clay Coton, Crick, Dodford, Elkington, Everdon, Farthingstone, Fawsley, Hellidon, Kilsby, Libourne, Newnham, Norton, Preston Capes, Stanford, Staverton, Stowe-Nine-Churches, Watford, Weedon Beck, Welton, Woodford & Yelvertoft.
Volunteers: —
1st Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (L Co.); Drill hall, Assembly hall, New street; Captain & Hon.-Major Frederick Willoughby, commanding; Sergt. Ambrose James Jossaume, drill-instructor.
Daventry Union
Board day, every alternate Wednesday at 11 a.m. from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and 10.30 a.m. from Lady Day to Michaelmas The Union comprises the following parishes:-Ashby St. Ledgers, Badby, Braunston, Brockhall, Byfield, Canons Ashby, Catesby, Charwelton, Daventry, Dodford, Everdon, Farthingstone, Fawsley, Flore, Hellidon, Long Buckby, Newnham, Norton, Preston Capes, Staverton, Stowe, Watford, Weedon Beck, Welton, West Haddon, Whilton, Winwick & Woodford. The population of the union in 1891 was 17,648; acreage, 64,519 acres; rateable value in 1898, £133,586 Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, William Willoughby, jun. 17 High street, Daventry.
The Union Workhouse, London road, standing on an eminence, is a structure of rad brick & is surrounded by extensive gardens & fronted by a broad terrace ornamented with shrubs & evergreens; it will hold 230 inmates.
Places of Worship, with times of services: —
Holy Cross Church, Rev. John Martyn Collyns M.A. rector; Rev. Mordaunt Laird Warren & Rev. Harold William Johnson B.A. curates; holy communion, 1st, 3rd & 5th sun. after morning service, 2nd & 4th, 8 a.m.; morning service, 10.45 a.m.; children’s service, last Sunday at 3 p.m.; evening service, 6.30 p.m.; week days, mon. tues, thurs. & sat. 8 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. & fri. 11 a.m. & 8 p.m.
St. James’ Chapel, St. James’ street, in connection with Holy Cross Church, Rev. John Martyn Collyns M.A. rector; Rev. Mordaunt Laird Warren, curate; 3 p.m.; last Sunday in the month, 10 a.m.
St. Mark Catholic, London road, Rev. Walstan Smith, priest; mass, 11.15 a.m. & evening service, 6.30 p.m.; holidays of obligation, mass 8 am,; daily mass, 8 a.m.
Congregational, Sheaf street, Rev. Selwyn John Evans; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m.
Wesleyan, New street, Rev. Silas Jones & Rev. Percy C. Ainsworth; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 8 p.m.
Schools: —
Daventry Endowed Grammar, New street, founded in 1600 by William Parker, a native of this town & citizen draper of London, restored in 1857, reorganized in 1882 & the buildings enlarged in 1887—8; in 1740 William Sawbridge left a sum of money for the purchase of a house for the head master; the new house for the headmaster, erected near the schools, on the outskirts of the town, is a structure of brick in the Jacobean style, from designs by Mr. N. M. Brown A.R.I.B.A. & includes a lofty dining hall, the decorations & fittings of which were given by Miss Worsley, who also defrayed the cost of the carving on the exterior & was otherwise a large benefactor to the school: attached to the school are several house scholarships; the Rev. Harold William Johnson B.A. late scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, headmaster & warden.
Daventry Grammar School for Girls, Bishop Crewes hostel, Miss Mountfield, headmistress; Miss E. L. McPherson B.A.victoria, Miss M. Baker B.A.Lond. & Miss Sides, assistant mistresses.
British, Foundry place (mixed), built in 1870, & enlarged in 1895, for 242 children; average attendance, 170.
English Charity & National, founded in 1721 by Nathaniel, Lord Crewe & others, & incorporated with the National school in 1862; it was enlarged in 1887 by the conversion of premises, formerly the Borough Police station & has an endowment of £120 yearly, derived from 110 acres of land in the parish of Woodford, out of which 18 boys & 18 girls are clothed & educated free: the school will hold 700 children; average attendance, 401; there is a lending library of 400 volumes attached to the school, established in 1841.
Infants’, Drayton (mixed), built, with residence for mistress, about 1859, tor 45 children; average attendance 27; it has an endowment consisting of 8 shares in the Daventry Gas Co. Limited, producing £16 yearly.
Most Common Surnames in Daventry
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Fawsley Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 76 | 1:51 | 1.35% | 1 |
| 2 | Johnson | 58 | 1:67 | 3.52% | 6 |
| 3 | Adams | 47 | 1:83 | 4.67% | 17 |
| 4 | Cox | 46 | 1:85 | 4.38% | 15 |
| 5 | Marriott | 39 | 1:100 | 6.03% | 42 |
| 6 | Webb | 38 | 1:102 | 4.51% | 22 |
| 7 | Frost | 37 | 1:105 | 9.64% | 101 |
| 8 | Bird | 35 | 1:111 | 4.63% | 32 |
| 8 | Birch | 35 | 1:111 | 24.65% | 410 |
| 8 | Tooby | 35 | 1:111 | 71.43% | 1,046 |
| 11 | Billingham | 34 | 1:114 | 9.94% | 123 |
| 12 | Harris | 33 | 1:118 | 2.80% | 11 |
| 13 | Hancock | 28 | 1:139 | 12.07% | 207 |
| 13 | Osborn | 28 | 1:139 | 9.24% | 147 |
| 15 | Elliott | 27 | 1:144 | 7.50% | 113 |
| 15 | Bates | 27 | 1:144 | 5.15% | 59 |
| 17 | Clarke | 26 | 1:150 | 1.55% | 4 |
| 17 | Line | 26 | 1:150 | 11.87% | 221 |
| 19 | Jones | 25 | 1:156 | 1.63% | 7 |
| 19 | Perkins | 25 | 1:156 | 3.20% | 26 |
| 19 | Haynes | 25 | 1:156 | 5.36% | 75 |
| 19 | Gibbins | 25 | 1:156 | 12.44% | 256 |
| 23 | Pratt | 24 | 1:162 | 7.77% | 143 |
| 23 | Waite | 24 | 1:162 | 21.05% | 521 |
| 23 | Muddiman | 24 | 1:162 | 17.39% | 427 |
| 26 | Green | 23 | 1:169 | 1.59% | 8 |
| 26 | Watkins | 23 | 1:169 | 15.97% | 403 |
| 28 | Wells | 22 | 1:177 | 6.03% | 110 |
| 28 | Goodwin | 22 | 1:177 | 10.84% | 251 |
| 30 | Robinson | 21 | 1:185 | 1.25% | 5 |
| 31 | Wilson | 20 | 1:194 | 1.80% | 14 |
| 31 | White | 20 | 1:194 | 1.76% | 12 |
| 31 | Shaw | 20 | 1:194 | 4.96% | 96 |
| 31 | Bailey | 20 | 1:194 | 2.18% | 20 |
| 31 | Hart | 20 | 1:194 | 6.90% | 157 |
| 31 | Emery | 20 | 1:194 | 12.20% | 330 |
| 31 | Carvell | 20 | 1:194 | 12.12% | 328 |
| 31 | Kenning | 20 | 1:194 | 45.45% | 1,142 |
| 39 | Payne | 19 | 1:205 | 2.79% | 39 |
| 39 | Major | 19 | 1:205 | 10.11% | 278 |
| 39 | Snedker | 19 | 1:205 | 28.79% | 833 |
| 42 | Turner | 18 | 1:216 | 2.83% | 45 |
| 42 | Cooper | 18 | 1:216 | 2.23% | 23 |
| 42 | Howard | 18 | 1:216 | 4.42% | 94 |
| 42 | Badger | 18 | 1:216 | 64.29% | 1,559 |
| 42 | Bezley | 18 | 1:216 | 100.00% | 2,060 |
| 47 | Simpson | 17 | 1:229 | 5.84% | 156 |
| 47 | Mills | 17 | 1:229 | 4.56% | 107 |
| 47 | Reynolds | 17 | 1:229 | 3.53% | 72 |
| 47 | Faulkner | 17 | 1:229 | 3.47% | 68 |
| 47 | Bosworth | 17 | 1:229 | 8.06% | 237 |
| 52 | Percival | 16 | 1:243 | 5.95% | 175 |
| 52 | Goode | 16 | 1:243 | 5.84% | 169 |
| 52 | Dickens | 16 | 1:243 | 3.23% | 65 |
| 52 | Risim | 16 | 1:243 | 100.00% | 2,225 |
| 56 | Brown | 15 | 1:259 | 0.71% | 2 |
| 56 | Coleman | 15 | 1:259 | 2.99% | 62 |
| 56 | Whiting | 15 | 1:259 | 6.64% | 211 |
| 56 | York | 15 | 1:259 | 1.93% | 27 |
| 56 | Tilley | 15 | 1:259 | 5.49% | 171 |
| 56 | Bannard | 15 | 1:259 | 29.41% | 1,010 |
| 62 | Wright | 14 | 1:278 | 0.77% | 3 |
| 62 | Hall | 14 | 1:278 | 2.44% | 54 |
| 62 | Gray | 14 | 1:278 | 2.83% | 66 |
| 62 | Marsh | 14 | 1:278 | 9.33% | 379 |
| 62 | Horn | 14 | 1:278 | 6.93% | 255 |
| 62 | Towers | 14 | 1:278 | 24.14% | 924 |
| 62 | Willoughby | 14 | 1:278 | 37.84% | 1,279 |
| 62 | Flowers | 14 | 1:278 | 10.85% | 461 |
| 62 | Haddon | 14 | 1:278 | 5.93% | 202 |
| 62 | Ashwell | 14 | 1:278 | 43.75% | 1,406 |
| 62 | Liddington | 14 | 1:278 | 14.89% | 623 |
| 62 | Rodhouse | 14 | 1:278 | 40.00% | 1,331 |
| 74 | Allen | 13 | 1:299 | 1.15% | 13 |
| 74 | Parker | 13 | 1:299 | 1.93% | 41 |
| 74 | Andrews | 13 | 1:299 | 3.26% | 98 |
| 74 | Payn | 13 | 1:299 | 100.00% | 2,523 |
| 78 | Walker | 12 | 1:324 | 1.55% | 28 |
| 78 | Watts | 12 | 1:324 | 1.64% | 35 |
| 78 | Page | 12 | 1:324 | 2.13% | 56 |
| 78 | Parsons | 12 | 1:324 | 5.48% | 221 |
| 78 | Gardner | 12 | 1:324 | 2.64% | 77 |
| 78 | Warren | 12 | 1:324 | 2.13% | 55 |
| 78 | George | 12 | 1:324 | 3.38% | 118 |
| 78 | Ridley | 12 | 1:324 | 57.14% | 1,871 |
| 78 | Hickman | 12 | 1:324 | 5.61% | 233 |
| 78 | Starmer | 12 | 1:324 | 4.84% | 191 |
| 78 | Turnock | 12 | 1:324 | 63.16% | 1,994 |
| 78 | Elliman | 12 | 1:324 | 75.00% | 2,225 |
| 90 | Roberts | 11 | 1:353 | 1.46% | 33 |
| 90 | Barrett | 11 | 1:353 | 3.73% | 153 |
| 90 | Sutton | 11 | 1:353 | 5.61% | 263 |
| 90 | Middleton | 11 | 1:353 | 3.29% | 133 |
| 90 | Woodward | 11 | 1:353 | 4.62% | 199 |
| 90 | Summers | 11 | 1:353 | 6.29% | 303 |
| 90 | Wadsworth | 11 | 1:353 | 7.05% | 356 |
| 90 | Wareing | 11 | 1:353 | 17.74% | 882 |
| 90 | Rockingham | 11 | 1:353 | 27.50% | 1,222 |
| 99 | Wood | 10 | 1:389 | 1.83% | 58 |
| 99 | Baker | 10 | 1:389 | 1.66% | 52 |
| 99 | Fletcher | 10 | 1:389 | 5.88% | 318 |
| 99 | Burton | 10 | 1:389 | 3.58% | 164 |
| 99 | Lucas | 10 | 1:389 | 4.13% | 194 |
| 99 | Goodman | 10 | 1:389 | 2.00% | 63 |
| 99 | Nicholas | 10 | 1:389 | 35.71% | 1,559 |
| 99 | Wiggins | 10 | 1:389 | 9.71% | 571 |
| 99 | Higham | 10 | 1:389 | 7.94% | 474 |
| 99 | Dunkley | 10 | 1:389 | 1.16% | 21 |
| 99 | Bliss | 10 | 1:389 | 6.58% | 372 |
| 99 | Wykes | 10 | 1:389 | 4.93% | 251 |
| 99 | Kendell | 10 | 1:389 | 100.00% | 3,023 |
| 99 | Bazley | 10 | 1:389 | 34.48% | 1,526 |
| 99 | Kilsby | 10 | 1:389 | 7.63% | 452 |
| 99 | Malson | 10 | 1:389 | 100.00% | 3,023 |
| 115 | Berry | 9 | 1:432 | 5.52% | 333 |
| 115 | Whitehead | 9 | 1:432 | 4.97% | 294 |
| 115 | Moss | 9 | 1:432 | 7.20% | 478 |
| 115 | Austin | 9 | 1:432 | 2.15% | 90 |
| 115 | Hewitt | 9 | 1:432 | 4.39% | 246 |
| 115 | Bradshaw | 9 | 1:432 | 2.00% | 79 |
| 115 | Dodd | 9 | 1:432 | 16.98% | 985 |
| 115 | Houghton | 9 | 1:432 | 2.56% | 120 |
| 115 | Neal | 9 | 1:432 | 2.35% | 102 |
| 115 | Reeve | 9 | 1:432 | 3.10% | 157 |
| 115 | Robins | 9 | 1:432 | 5.20% | 310 |
| 115 | Bellamy | 9 | 1:432 | 4.74% | 272 |
| 115 | Hooker | 9 | 1:432 | 81.82% | 2,831 |
| 115 | Jeffs | 9 | 1:432 | 2.84% | 136 |
| 115 | Thwaites | 9 | 1:432 | 47.37% | 1,994 |
| 115 | Irons | 9 | 1:432 | 4.89% | 288 |
| 115 | Maud | 9 | 1:432 | 100.00% | 3,241 |
| 132 | Morris | 8 | 1:486 | 1.44% | 57 |
| 132 | Lee | 8 | 1:486 | 1.75% | 76 |
| 132 | West | 8 | 1:486 | 1.30% | 48 |
| 132 | Todd | 8 | 1:486 | 5.67% | 414 |
| 132 | Townsend | 8 | 1:486 | 3.40% | 203 |
| 132 | Howell | 8 | 1:486 | 6.56% | 490 |
| 132 | Wall | 8 | 1:486 | 21.05% | 1,263 |
| 132 | Nightingale | 8 | 1:486 | 6.72% | 503 |
| 132 | Earl | 8 | 1:486 | 4.97% | 340 |
| 132 | Collett | 8 | 1:486 | 40.00% | 1,933 |
| 132 | Hawker | 8 | 1:486 | 61.54% | 2,523 |
| 132 | Stratford | 8 | 1:486 | 11.94% | 816 |
| 132 | Chown | 8 | 1:486 | 10.96% | 770 |
| 132 | Bromwich | 8 | 1:486 | 12.90% | 882 |
| 132 | Checkley | 8 | 1:486 | 10.26% | 740 |
| 132 | Ellard | 8 | 1:486 | 9.30% | 675 |
| 132 | Begley | 8 | 1:486 | 50.00% | 2,225 |
| 132 | Pearcey | 8 | 1:486 | 33.33% | 1,731 |
| 132 | Baseley | 8 | 1:486 | 6.06% | 449 |
| 132 | Stevans | 8 | 1:486 | 100.00% | 3,499 |
| 132 | Bodily | 8 | 1:486 | 20.51% | 1,244 |
| 132 | Kinning | 8 | 1:486 | 100.00% | 3,499 |
| 132 | Pasker | 8 | 1:486 | 100.00% | 3,499 |
| 132 | Tallet | 8 | 1:486 | 100.00% | 3,499 |
| 132 | Glithin | 8 | 1:486 | 100.00% | 3,499 |
| 157 | Thompson | 7 | 1:555 | 0.74% | 18 |
| 157 | Martin | 7 | 1:555 | 1.09% | 43 |
| 157 | Stewart | 7 | 1:555 | 10.45% | 816 |
| 157 | Foster | 7 | 1:555 | 1.10% | 46 |
| 157 | Spencer | 7 | 1:555 | 1.16% | 50 |
| 157 | Stevenson | 7 | 1:555 | 3.37% | 240 |
| 157 | Norman | 7 | 1:555 | 2.95% | 201 |
| 157 | Abbott | 7 | 1:555 | 0.95% | 34 |
| 157 | McIntyre | 7 | 1:555 | 87.50% | 3,499 |
| 157 | Mellor | 7 | 1:555 | 46.67% | 2,324 |
| 157 | Franklin | 7 | 1:555 | 1.95% | 115 |
| 157 | Forster | 7 | 1:555 | 29.17% | 1,731 |
| 157 | Sharpe | 7 | 1:555 | 1.84% | 104 |
| 157 | Mercer | 7 | 1:555 | 30.43% | 1,773 |
| 157 | Edmonds | 7 | 1:555 | 15.22% | 1,093 |
| 157 | Upton | 7 | 1:555 | 21.88% | 1,406 |
| 157 | Penny | 7 | 1:555 | 31.82% | 1,818 |
| 157 | Dudley | 7 | 1:555 | 7.95% | 662 |
| 157 | Edmunds | 7 | 1:555 | 8.75% | 727 |
| 157 | Bunting | 7 | 1:555 | 8.54% | 714 |
| 157 | Billington | 7 | 1:555 | 11.11% | 868 |
| 157 | Thomason | 7 | 1:555 | 8.33% | 698 |
| 157 | Peet | 7 | 1:555 | 25.93% | 1,603 |
| 157 | Darlow | 7 | 1:555 | 11.29% | 882 |
| 157 | Perring | 7 | 1:555 | 100.00% | 3,885 |
| 157 | Pinfold | 7 | 1:555 | 6.31% | 532 |
| 157 | Mabbott | 7 | 1:555 | 22.58% | 1,450 |
| 157 | Walding | 7 | 1:555 | 8.24% | 688 |
| 157 | Rhoads | 7 | 1:555 | 100.00% | 3,885 |
| 157 | Arnull | 7 | 1:555 | 100.00% | 3,885 |
| 157 | Elkinton | 7 | 1:555 | 77.78% | 3,241 |
| 157 | Bulliman | 7 | 1:555 | 58.33% | 2,674 |
| 189 | Watson | 6 | 1:648 | 1.23% | 69 |
| 189 | Harrison | 6 | 1:648 | 1.25% | 74 |
| 189 | Miller | 6 | 1:648 | 1.02% | 53 |
| 189 | Collins | 6 | 1:648 | 1.37% | 84 |
| 189 | Clayton | 6 | 1:648 | 4.92% | 490 |
| 189 | Gibbs | 6 | 1:648 | 2.26% | 178 |
| 189 | Waters | 6 | 1:648 | 2.65% | 211 |
| 189 | Marks | 6 | 1:648 | 6.38% | 623 |
| 189 | Browning | 6 | 1:648 | 8.00% | 758 |
| 189 | Jeffrey | 6 | 1:648 | 5.88% | 575 |
| 189 | Golding | 6 | 1:648 | 8.96% | 816 |
| 189 | Batchelor | 6 | 1:648 | 17.65% | 1,353 |
| 189 | Gamble | 6 | 1:648 | 5.31% | 522 |
| 189 | Beale | 6 | 1:648 | 9.52% | 868 |
| 189 | Riches | 6 | 1:648 | 66.67% | 3,241 |
| 189 | Gurney | 6 | 1:648 | 7.41% | 722 |
| 189 | Gent | 6 | 1:648 | 4.72% | 465 |
| 189 | Woodford | 6 | 1:648 | 5.41% | 532 |
| 189 | Leeson | 6 | 1:648 | 3.06% | 263 |
| 189 | Tandy | 6 | 1:648 | 18.18% | 1,377 |
| 189 | Roche | 6 | 1:648 | 75.00% | 3,499 |
| 189 | Allard | 6 | 1:648 | 20.69% | 1,526 |
| 189 | Cattell | 6 | 1:648 | 4.44% | 439 |
| 189 | Tibbs | 6 | 1:648 | 13.64% | 1,142 |
| 189 | Brightwell | 6 | 1:648 | 6.98% | 675 |
| 189 | Pearcy | 6 | 1:648 | 42.86% | 2,411 |
| 189 | Jorden | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Furley | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Biddell | 6 | 1:648 | 85.71% | 3,885 |
| 189 | Besford | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Eary | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Capener | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Biddel | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Hinkes | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |
| 189 | Mounting | 6 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 4,349 |