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Luddington

Lullintone, Lullinthone (xi-xiii cent.), Lylington, Lollington, Lullyngton (xiv cent.), Lodyngton in the Brook (xv cent.), Leddynton als. Luddyngton als. Lullington (xvi cent.), Ludington als. Lullington (xviii cent.).

The parish of Luddington, originally called Luddington-in-the-Brook, lies on the Huntingdonshire border and was partly in the Leightonstone Hundred of Huntingdonshire and partly in the Polebrook Hundred of Northamptonshire until 1895 when the Huntingdon part transferred to Northamptonshire. The land is comprised of an Oxford Clay sub-soil with a border of Cornbrash in the east. There was some woodland, but most of the parish is arable, the chief crops being wheat and barley. The average height is 200 ft. above sea-level.

A long narrow tract of land in the east of the parish stretches south of Lutton, and east of Hemington along the county boundary in Gypsy Lane to the Rectory Farm. Further south on the east, the road from Great Gidding enters the parish and runs through the village in a north-west direction, into Hemington, passing the church of St. Margaret and the Church Farm.

A very winding stream, called the Alconbury Brook, rises in Great Hall Spinney, north of the church, and flows in a south-easterly direction through a tract of land liable to flooding. In the early 18th century, the county historian described the situation of the village as 'low and dirty' from the overflowing of this rivulet, and attributed its title of 'Luddington-in-the-Brook' to this course.

Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Civil Registration

Maps Population Poorhouses, Poor Law etc. Statistics

Cemeteries

For details concerning the records of monumental inscriptions for this parish, please contact the Northamptonshire FHS.

Census

The full 1841 Census of Luddington is available as fiche set C121.

The full 1851 Census of Luddington is available as fiche set C71.

A surname index of the 1881 Census of the Oundle Registration District of Northamptonshire, in which Luddington was enumerated (RG11/1584, Folios 74a - 76b), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C1.

A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Huntingdonshire (Miscellaneous Parishes) Registration District in which Luddington was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, is available as fiche set C16.

The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

An index to the 1851 Census of Luddington, in the Hundred of Navisford and Polebrook, has been published on microfiche by the Northamptonshire Family History Society Publications List.

Church History

OS Grid Square TL 103837.

The church of St Margaret consists of a chancel, clearstoried nave, south aisle, south porch and west tower. The building is of rubbled masonry with plain parapets and large grotesque gargoyles. The roofs of the nave and aisle are covered with lead, and the chancel is covered with grey slates. The tower is surmounted by a short broach spire.

The church is almost entirely of 15th century date, but it appears to have taken the place of a 13th century church, which seems to have had both north and south aisles. The building was completely restored in 1874, the chancel being rebuilt, but four lancet windows (three on the north and one on the south) which survived from the 15th century were retained. The buttresses amd part of the walling on the west end of the nave may belong to the 13th century, the north buttress indicating the line of the former north arcade. The spire dates from the 1874 rebuild, but it is said to be a copy of a spire which had long before been destroyed. Before this restoration, the base remained covered with a slated pyramidal roof.

Church Records

Baptisms: 1672-1812.
Marriages: 1673-1837.
Burials: 1635-1812.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1701-1837.

These are all deposited at the Northamptonshire Record Office, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton NN4 9BQ.

Civil Registration

The parish of Luddington was in the Oundle Registration District of Northamptonshire from 1st July 1837. It is still under Oundle.

Maps

An old map of the parish of Luddington-in-the-Brook is available.

Population

Population in 1801 - 104.
Population in 1851 - 28 (Huntingdonshire); 102 (Northamptonshire).
Population in 1901 - 58.
Population in 1951 - 51.
Population in 1971 - 45.
Population in 1991 - 46.

Poorhouses, Poor Law etc

The parish of Luddington-in-the-Brook was in the Thrapston Union of Northamptonshire for Poor Law administration.

Statistics

The parish of Luddington occupies 1104 acres of land.

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