SOUTHOE
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
"SOUTHOE, a parish in the hundred of Toseland, county Huntingdon, 7 miles
south-west of Huntingdon, its post town, and 3 north-west of St. Neot's. It is situated
near the river Ouse, on the Great North-road from London to York. The
inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Southoe was formerly held
by the Lovetots, John of Gaunt, and the Pickerings. The living is a
vicarage with that of Hail Weston annexed, in the diocese of Ely, value
£288. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is an ancient structure with a
square embattled tower containing a clock and four bells. The parochial
charities produce about £2 per annum. There is a National school for both
sexes. R. W. Standley, Esq., is lord of the manor."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
- Monumental inscriptions for this parish have not yet been recorded by the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- The full 1841 Census of Southoe Parish is available as fiche set C108.
- The full 1851 Census of Southoe Parish is available as fiche set C58.
- The full 1891 Census of Southoe Parish is available as fiche set C13.
- A surname index of the 1881 Census of the St. Neots Registration District, in which Southoe
was enumerated (RG11/1611, Folios 89a - 89b and 99b-104b), and which took place on 3rd April
1881, is available as fiche set C5.
- The above mentioned fiche are available from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- OS Grid Square TL 184644.
- The church of St. Leonard consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, tower at
the north-west corner and a south porch. The walls are of pebble rubble, except for the
tower and clearstory which are of red brick; all have stone dressings. The north aisle is
of ashlar, and the roofs are of slate and lead.
- The church is not mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086 but, in about 1160, a stone
church was built here, of which the greater part of the chancel with the chancel arch
remains, and the south doorway which has been reset in the wall of the south aisle. In
the 13th century, the chancel was lengthened, the nave rebuilt with a south arcade and
a south aisle. In about 1500, the north arcade and aisle were added, the south aisle
largely rebuilt and the clearstory and porch added.
- Towards the end of the 16th century, the tower was built on the site of the western bay
of the north aisle. The church was restored in 1859 when the south-west corner of the
chancel, the clearstory, the east respond of the south arcade, the east window of the
south aisle, the west window of the nave and the porch were rebuilt, and the whole of
the roofs, which were mean and modern, were renewed.
- The following are available in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- Baptisms: 1559-1671/2, 1670-1745/6, 1746-1812, 1813-1892.
- Banns: 1755-1812, 1846-1920, 1923-1924, 1930-35, 1948.
- Marriages: 1559-1639, 1653/4-1671, 1670-1746, 1746-1754, 1755-1812, 1813-1835, 1837-1960.
- Burials: 1558-1642, 1653-1671/2, 1670-1745?, 1746-1812, 1813-1963.
- Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1607-10, 1612, 1614, 1617-19, 1625-7, 1660-8, 1670-6/1676,
1680, 1686-8, 1695, 1698-1701, 1706-15, 1718, 1720-2, 1724-84, 1790-1802,
1804-12/1813-20/1825-32, 1834-45, 1847-53, 1855-7.
- 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
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- Southoe was originally in the St. Neots Registration District from 1st July 1837, which later became a sub-District. From 1st April 1997 it is now directly under the Huntingdon District.
- Sutham (xi cent.),
- Sutho,
- Suho (xii cent. and later),
- Southogh (xv cent.).
- The parish of Southoe was part of the St. Neots Union (for Poor Law administration).
- Births and Deaths registered in the St Neots Union Workhouse (1913 - 1952) are
available, as fiche set D11, from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- Population in 1801 - 234.
- Population in 1851 - 307.
- Population in 1901 - 213.
- Population in 1951 - 267.
- Population in 1971 - 269.
- Population in 1991 - 465.
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