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Buckworth

Buchesworde (xi cent.).

Buckworth parish consists of clay land, most of which is arable; most of the parish is occupied by farms. The ground rises from a stream, which forms the north-east boundary of the parish where it is about 75 ft. above sea-level, in a south-westerly direction towards Barham where, on the boundary, it reaches 190 ft.

The village is on the slope of a hill facing north-east and lies along the by-road from Alconbury Weston to Barham. The church is in the middle of the village and, clustered around it, are the manor house to the east, and the rectory and the old school to the west.

There was a brick works (known as the Buckworth Brickworks) near the eastern border of the parish. Place names in the parish are: Stone Hill, Bury Leas, Trounds Wall (Walk) and Mill Wall (Walk) in 1712, and Great Hall Yard, Town Walk and Mount Pleasant in 1745.

Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Civil Registration

Description and Travel Maps Population Poorhouses, Poor Law etc. Statistics

Cemeteries

Monumental inscriptions for the parish of Buckworth have not yet been recorded by the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Census

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.

The full 1841 Census of Buckworth Parish is available as fiche set C104.

The full 1851 Census of Buckworth Parish is available as fiche set C54.

A Surname Index of the 1881 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District, in which Buckworth was enumerated (RG11/1602, Folios 4a - 8b), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C3.

A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Spaldwick sub-District of the Huntingdon Registration District (RG12/1236) in which Buckworth was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, has also been produced by the Huntingdonshire FHS (as Fiche C8).

The fiche sets mentioned above are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Church History

OS Grid Square TL 148768.

The church of All Saints consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower and spire, and south porch. The walls are of rubble with stone dressings and the roofs are covered with tiles and lead.

The church is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but the earliest parts of the present church are the 12th century eastern angles of what was probably an aisle-less nave. The south arcades and south aisle were built towards the end of the 13th century; the tower and spire around 1300, and the chancel, north arcade and north aisle about 1310. The south aisle and north wall of the north aisle were rebuilt around 1400, and the clearstory and porch were added about the same time.

The church was restored in 1862 when it was reroofed, and the spire in 1884. The tower was repaired in 1908 and the spire was repaired again in 1925 after being struck by lightning.

Church Records

Baptisms: 1604-1632, 1662-1848 (both indexed).
Banns: 1761-1847 (indexed), 1824-1843, 1865-6, 1951-1978.
Marriages: 1604-1632, 1676-1848 (both indexed).
Burials: 1604-1632, 1670-1851 (both indexed).
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1608-10, 1612, 1617-19, 1626-7, 1631-2/1662-77, 1686-8, 1691-9, 1702, 1706-8, 1710, 1716, 1718-34, 1736-7, 1739, 1742, 1744-48, 1750-7, 1759-60, 1763-7, 1770-2, 1774-82, 1784-6, 1798-1813/1813-24/1825-1844, 1849-50, 1853-8.

These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.

The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Civil Registration

Buckworth was originally in the Huntingdon Registration District from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it became part of the Spaldwick sub-District, but it is now directly under the Huntingdon District again.

Description and Travel

A GENWEB page for Buckworth is available.

Maps

An old map of the parish of Buckworth in the 19th century is available.

Population

Population in 1801 - 130.
Population in 1851 - 191.
Population in 1901 - 164.
Population in 1951 - 105.
Population in 1971 - 121.
Population in 1991 - 101.

Poorhouses, Poor Law etc

The parish of Buckworth was in the Huntingdon Union for Poor Law administration.

Births and Deaths registered in the Huntingdon Union Workhouse (1838 - 1949) are available, as fiche set D10, from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Statistics

The parish of Buckworth occupies some 2023 acres of land.

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