Weldon parish record

[mickmack1942]

     I have a marriage in Weldon of a William Franklin & Elizabeth Parker 26 Dec 1714 ,
    written in to the record there is that William was from ( W P ) has any one any idea
    were that might be .

                  please ...

[Jebber]

Are there any other similar entries? Could it mean of Weldon Parish instead of the more common  OTP of this Parish.

[QueenoftheWest]

Having looked at the image, I can see that the couple above are described as of "W. Parva" and I wonder whether this is W. P.

I cannot find a place called W. Parva on Google. I was thinking maybe West Parva, but I cannot find anything for that search term.

Queenie 

EDIT: See below.

[QueenoftheWest]

Having looked on Wikipedia, I found this:

There are several locations where one settlement is named "Magna" and another nearby "Parva". In this context, magna and parva are the Latin terms for "great" and "little" respectively.

So maybe it is Weldon Parva? Just a guess. I don't really know much about Northamptonshire.

Queenie 

EDIT: There may be something to this theory, as I can see some couples described as of W.M. Could this be Weldon Magna?

[QueenoftheWest]

I can actually see an earlier entry for a Lewis Brigstock of Weldon Parva, so this looks like it might be the answer.

Queenie 

[Jebber]

I can’t find any alternative WP near by in Phillimore Parish Atlas.

Weldon itself is listed as Great Weldon.

[mickmack1942]

   Hi all, I concur with the idea of W P being Weldon Parva, when one thinks about that
    the marr was in the early 1700's when the clergy were just about coming out of the
    use of Latin being written in parish records in some still used that I have come across,
    as I say many thanks for putting forward good ideas regarding ..W P..

                  Thanks much appreciated....