Silverstone Parish Church

[locksmith]

I've just viewed some burials on Ancestry for Silverstone. These come under Northamptonshire, England, Burials, 1813-1912. There are 215 images for Silverstone for burials between 1831 and 1911. The current parish church is St Michael's. Nearly all the pages in these records are headed 'Burials in the Parish of Silverstone'. On pages 102 to 105 (images 107-110) the Parish written in at the top has Saint Anne's Silverstone. The current church is St Michael's (built in 1884 according to achurchnearyou.com). Googling St Anne's Silverstone comes up with absolutely nothing. Was the church St Anne's before 1884? Was it a mistake by someone copying the burial register.

Can anyone cast any light on this?

Simon

[sugarbakers]

Was the church St Anne's before 1884?

Yes. 

"The present church, the third on the same site, is an excellent example of a simple Victorian building of stone, 90 feet long by 39 feet broad, with a beautiful reredos and mosaic of the Crucifixion.  It was built in 1884, entirely by the generosity of Sir Robert Loder of Whittlebury Lodge, very near the time of his lavish restoration of Whittlebury church."
http://www.whittlewoodparishes.org.uk/silverstone.htm


Pevsner ... St Michael 1884.


SOG National Index of Parish Registers Vol 9 Pt2 Northamptonshire ...

Silverstone St Anne later St John (created 1831 from Greens Norton)
(Greens Norton Hundred; Towcester Union)
OR C 1831-1948, M 1832-1960, Banns 1832-1956, B 1831-1911 (NRO)
BT 1831-1872 (no 1866-69) (NRO)  (Eighteenth century entries in records of Whittlebury)

[locksmith]

Many thanks for the reply. I thought this must be the case but just couldn't find any mention to St Anne's anywhere.

Simon

[usernick]

Just to add that it would appear that there were gravestones prior to 1884 (mentioned in a family hisotry book that I've got).

So, I'm guessing that the previous gravestones (St Anne's) must have been removed and not noted anywhere, unless anyone knows anything different?

Cheers,


Nick