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Folksworth

Map Folchesworde (x cent.), Fulkesworth (xi-xiv cent.), Folkesworthe (xii-xiv cent.).

Folkesworth lies between Morborne on the north, and Stilton and Washingley on the south, and is bounded by Ermine Street (or the Great North Road. There are roads to Caldecote, Morborne and Peterbrough; the village, lying on the west of the parish near the southern boundary, is situated south of their junction point.

The church stands on rising ground between Rectory Farm and the Rectory. Less than 700 yards away to the south-west, at the western limits of the village, is the Manor Farm (marked on early OS maps as the site of the Manor House).

The ground is undulating, and varies from 46 ft. to 141 ft. above sea-level. The soil is stiff clay, and the chief crops are wheat, barley and marigolds.

510 acres in the parish were inclosed under an Act of Parliament of 1760. The civil parish was abolished in 1935 to help create Folksworth and Washingley civil parish.

Cemeteries

Monumental inscriptions for this parish have not been recorded by the Huntingdonshire FHS. However, Peterborough & District FHS have an interest in the parish.

Census

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

The full 1841 Census of Folksworth Parish is available as fiche set C90.

The full 1851 Census of Folksworth Parish is available as fiche Set C40.

A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Stilton sub-District of the Peterborough Registration District (RG12/1225) in which Folksworth was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, has also been produced by the Huntingdonshire FHS (as Fiche C-15).

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

An index of surnames in the 1851 Census of the Peterborough Registration District (HO107/1747) in which Folksworth was enumerated (Folios 43 - 48), and which took place on 30th March 1851, has also been produced by the Peterborough & District FHS.

The Census is available in either microfiche or A5 booklet form from Mr G Harbron, 7 Newby Close, Peterborough PE3 6PU, England. Please state which version you want.

Church History

OS Grid Square TL146904.

The church of St Helen consists of a chancel with vestry on the north, nave, south transept and south porch. The walls of the chancel are of ashlar and those of the rest of the church are of coursed rubble with stone dressings. The roofs are covered with stone slates.

The church is not mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, and the present building seems to have been built as a chancel and aisle-less nave about 1150. The south transept was added about 1300 and the porch about 1430. The chancel was standing in 1537 but apparently had been entirely destroyed before the end of the 17th century, and was rebuilt by Robert Pupplett, who was rector here from 1702-1706.

The church was restored in 1850 when the chancel was entirely rebuilt and the vestry added, the north wall of the nave largely rebuilt, and a bell-cote built on the west gable.

Church Records

Baptisms: 1563/4-1679, 1713-1744, 1754-1797, 1795-1812, 1813-1967.
Banns: 1755-1811, 1824-1964, 1974.
Marriages: 1564-1679, 1712-1744, 1754-1811, 1813-1837, 1838-1959, 1961-1972
Burials: 1563/4-1680, 1713-1745, 1754-1792, 1795-1812.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1607-8, 16177-19, 1625-6, 1661-4/1680, 1684, 1699-1702, 1704, 1706, 1708-11, 1714-27, 1730-47, 1750, 1752-62, 1765-87, 1789-1813/1813-63.

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 Bookstall.

Civil Registration

Folksworth was originally in the Peterborough Registration District of Northamptonshire from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it was transferred to the Stilton sub-District of Huntingdonshire. It was later transferred back to the Peterborough District.

From 1st April 1998, marriage records were transferred to the Huntingdon Registry Office, but the births and burial records were retained by Peterborough.

Description and Travel

A GENWEB page for Folksworth is available.

Maps

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

Military History

The Stilton Memorial Hall covers the men who fell from Stilton, Folksworth, Morbourne, Washingley, Denton and Caldecot and contains detailed information for World War 1 and World War 2.

Population

Population in 1801 - 119.
Population in 1851 - 206.
Population in 1901 - 132.
Population in 1951 - 209.
Population in 1971 - 395.
Population in 1991 - 768.

Poorhouses, Poor Law etc

The parish of Folksworth was in the Peterborough Union of Northamptonshire for Poor Law administration.

Statistics

The parish of Folksworth occupies 896 acres of land.

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[Last updated: 17 March 2003 - Martin Edwards]