Northamptonshire Hearth Tax, 1674
Discover your 17th century Northamptonshire ancestor through the Hearth Tax returns. Search the tax records of over 22,000 individuals across 300 parishes. They are a major source of information for family historians. You will find out where your ancestor was living and the number of hearths found within his/her home will give you a clue to the family’s wealth and status.
Parish List
To help with your family search we have included a full list of the parishes included in the Northamptonshire Hearth Tax records.
| Parishes include | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | Desborough | Kingsthorpe | Southorpe |
| Abthorpe | Dingley | Kislingbury | Southwick |
| Adstone | Dodford | Lamport | Spratton |
| Alderton | Draughton | Lilbourne | Stamford Baron |
| Aldwinkle (both) | Duddington | Lilford & Wigsthorpe | Stanford |
| Apethorpe | Duston | Litchborough | Stanion |
| Arthingworth | Earls Barton | Little Addington | Stanwick |
| Ashby St Ledgers | East Carlton | Little Billing | Staverton |
| Ashley | East Farndon | Little Bowden | Stoke Albany |
| Ashton | East Haddon | Little Harrowden | Stoke Bruerne |
| Aston le Walls | Easton Maudit | Little Houghton | Stoke Doyle |
| Aynho | Easton Neston | Little Oakley | Stowe Nine Churches |
| Badby | Easton on the Hill | Loddington | Strixton |
| Bainton | Ecton | Long Buckby | Stuchbury |
| Barby | Edgcote | Lowick | Sudborough |
| Barnack | Elkington | Luddington | Sulby (extra parochial) |
| Barnwell All Saints | Etton | Lutton | Sulgrave |
| Barnwell St Andrew | Evenley | Maidford | Sutton |
| Barton Seagrave | Everdon | Maidwell | Sutton Bassett |
| Benefield | Eydon | Marholm | Syresham |
| Blakesley | Eye | Marston St Lawrence | Sywell |
| Blatherwycke | Farthinghoe | Marston Trussell | Tansor |
| Blisworth | Farthingstone | Maxey | Theddingworth, Leicestershire |
| Boddington | Fawsley | Mears Ashby | Thenford |
| Boughton | Faxton | Middleton Cheney | Thornby |
| Bozeat | Finedon | Milton | Thornhaugh |
| Brackley St James | Fineshade (extra parochial) | Moreton Pinkney | Thorpe Achurch |
| Brackley St Peter | Floore | Moulton | Thorpe Malsor |
| Bradden | Fotheringhay | Moulton Park (extra parochial) | Thorpe Mandeville |
| Brafield | Gayton | Naseby | Thrapston |
| Brampton Ash | Geddington | Nassington | Thurning, Huntingdonshire |
| Braunston | Glapthorn | Nether Heyford | Tiffield |
| Braybrooke | Glendon in Barefoot | Newbottle | Titchmarsh |
| Brigstock | Glinton | Newnham | Towcester |
| Brington | Grafton Regis | Newton | Twywell |
| Brixworth | Grafton Underwood | Newton Bromswold | Ufford |
| Brockhall | Great Addington | Northampton | UNIDENTIFIED |
| Broughton | Great Billing | Northborough | Upper Heyford |
| Bugbrooke | Great Doddington | Norton | Upton |
| Bulwick | Great Harrowden | Old | Wadenhoe |
| Burton Latimer | Great Houghton | Orlingbury | Wakerley |
| Byfield | Great Oakley | Orton | Walgrave |
| Canons Ashby | Greatworth | Oundle | Wansford |
| Castle Ashby | Greens Norton | Overstone | Wappenham |
| Castor | Grendon | Oxendon | Warkton |
| Catesby | Gretton | Passenham | Warkworth |
| Catworth, Huntingdonshire | Guilsborough | Paston | Warmington |
| Chalcombe | Hackleton | Pattishall | Watford |
| Charwelton | Hannington | Paulerspury | Weedon Beck |
| Chelveston & Caldecott | Hardingstone | Peakirk | Weedon Lois |
| Chipping Warden | Hardwick | Peterbourough | Weekley |
| Church Brampton | Hargrave | Piddington | Weldon |
| Clapton | Harlestone | Pilton | Welford |
| Clay Coton | Harpole | Pipewell | Wellingborough |
| Clipston | Harrington | Pitsford | Welton |
| Cogenhoe | Harringworth | Plumpton | Werrington |
| Cold Ashby | Hartwell | Polebrook | West Haddon |
| Cold Higham | Haselbech | Potterspury | Weston & Sutton |
| Collingtree | Hellidon | Preston Capes | Weston by Welland |
| Collyweston | Helmdon | Preston Deanery | Weston Favell |
| Corby | Helpston | Pytchley | Whilton |
| Cosgrove | Hemington | Quinton | Whiston |
| Cosgrove & Passenham | Heyford (both) | Radstone | Whitfield |
| Cotterstock | Higham Ferrers | Raunds | Whittlebury |
| Cottesbrooke | Hinton & Steane | Ravensthorpe | Wicken |
| Cottingham | Holcot | Ringstead | Wilbarston |
| Courteenhall | Holdenby | Roade | Wilby |
| Cranford St Andrew | Horton | Rockingham | Winwick |
| Cranford St John | Irchester | Rothersthorpe | Winwick, Huntingdonshire |
| Cransley | Irchester (indicated by order in list) | Rothwell | Wittering |
| Creaton | Irthlingborough | Rushden | Wollaston |
| Crick | Isham | Rushton | Woodford |
| Croughton | Islip | Scaldwell | Woodford cum Membris |
| Culworth | Kelmarsh | Shutlanger | Woodnewton |
| Dallington | Kettering | Sibbertoft | Wootton |
| Daventry | Kilsby | Silverstone | Yardley Hastings |
| Deene | Kings Cliffe | Slapton | Yarwell |
| Denford | Kings Sutton | Slipton | Yelvertoft |
| Denton |