Sources for researching Nonconformists in Northamptonshire

by Graham Ward

This new publication is a research guide to the complex area of nonconformist history with particular reference to Northamptonshire.  By 1851, 28% of the county's population attended a nonconformist chapel, so it is likely that pan of your family will be involved with one of these groups. This booklet will help you to understand the different records that are available for research into nonconformity in the county.  Topics include: background and historical context, sources for people and places, a brief overview of the different denominations, details of non-conformist libraries and societies plus a detailed bibliography and list of the non-conformist registers held at Northampton Record Office.

Available from the Northamptonshire Family History Society bookstall for £2.50 plus postage (UK 45p, airmail £1.40) ISBN 1904460275, Published November 2004

Included in the publication is a directory of resources, those referencing webpages are detailed below.  If you are aware of any changes to these details please contact me.

Resouce Website email
Baptist Historical Society http://www.baptisthistory.org.uk
British Library Public Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk
Congregational Library http://www.dwlib.co.uk enquiries@DWLib.co.uk
Congregational Federation http://www.congregational.org.uk
Congregational History Society No current website
Dr Williams’ Library http://www.dwlib.co.uk enquiries@DWLib.co.uk
Friends House Library http://www.quaker.org.uk/library
Harris Manchester College http://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/history.html
Huguenot Library http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/huguenot.shtml
Huguenot Society http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk contact@huguenotsociety.org.uk
IGI and British Vital Records www.familysearch.org
John Rylands Library - Methodist Collections http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/methodist
Manchester Wesley Research Centre http://www.mwrc.ac.uk
Methodist Heritage http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.content&cmid=1902 methodist-heritage@forsaith-oxon.demon.co.uk
Northamptonshire Association for Local History http://www.northants-history.org.uk
Northamptonshire County Council’s Community Information Directory No longer available, but see the Local Heritage Initiative for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Libraries www.library.northamptonshire.gov.uk/www-bin/www_talis32?
Northamptonshire Record Office http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/about_us.htm
Quaker Family History Society http://www.qfhs.co.uk/ info@qfhs.co.uk
Regents' Park College http://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=19&tln=ResourceCentres
Society of Friends or Quakers http://www.quaker.org.uk/main.html
Strict Baptist Historical Society http://www.strictbaptisthistory.org.uk/
Unitarian http://www.unitarian.org.uk/
Unitarian Historical Society http://neon.airtime.co.uk/Hibbert/heritage/UHS.html andrew@unitarian.ednet.co.uk
United Reformed Church http://www.urc.org.uk/
United Reformed Church History Society http://www.urc.org.uk/about/history_society/history_soc/history_soc mt212@cam.ac.uk
Wesley Historical Society http://www.wesleyhistoricalsociety.org.uk/
Westminster Institute of Education http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/wco/msuindex.html jlenton@fish.co.uk

 

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