| Name | Northborough |
| Alt names | Northborough | source: from redirect |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.65°N 0.283°W |
| Located in | Northamptonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Soke of Peterborough, England (1889 - 1965) | | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Nassaborough Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Peterborough Rural, Soke of Peterborough, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 | | Peterborough District, Cambridgeshire, England | non-metropolitan district since 1974 | | City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England | unitary authority since 1998 |
From 1889 until 1965 Northborough was located in the the Soke of Peterborough. After mergers in 1965 and 1974 the county became part of Cambridgeshire. It was part of the Peterborough Rural District until 1974 and is now in the Peterborough administrative district of Cambridgeshire. Prior to 1889 Northborough was located in the county of Northamptonshire.
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
It is a small village and civil parish around seven or eight miles practically due north of central Peterborough. It has a small castle (Northborough Manor House).
Northborough Manor House is a fortified manor house, largely built by Roger de Norburgh in the early fourteenth century. A short way away is the parish church of St. Andrew, of which the original Norman sections date back to the late twelfth century. After the restoration of the monarchy (1660), Elizabeth Cromwell, wife of Oliver, lived in the home of John Claypole (her son-in-law) and is said to be buried in this church.
The village underwent its largest change in the 1970s, when it expanded hugely with the building of the new estate, increasing the population of the village many times over.
Research Tips
- If you are researching anyone whose lifetime preceded (or even mostly preceded) 1889, the places in which he or she lived are going to be in Northamptonshire rather than the Soke of Peterborough. The Soke of Peterborough was actually a section of Northamptonshire.
- Original historical documents relating to the Soke of Peterborough are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Peterborough.
- GENUKI does not provide webpages for the Soke of Peterborough and its provision for Northamptonshire is very limited.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages on Northamptonshire (including the Soke of Peterborough).
- A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from 1889 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
- Map of Northamptonshire in 1900 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time shows the Soke of Peterborough (not labelled as such) in the top right hand corner.
- Map of Northamptonshire divisions (including the Soke of Peterborough) in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
Categories: Northamptonshire, England | Northborough, Northamptonshire, England | Nassaborough Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | Soke of Peterborough, England | Peterborough Rural, Soke of Peterborough, England | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England | Cambridgeshire, England |
