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A
list of the parishes that form Cambridgeshire, their map references
and poor law/registration district details |
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Information
about agriculture within the region and the lot of the agricultural
labourer so regularily seen on census information for the 19th century. |
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These
pages are dedicated to various researcher's portraits of their ancestors
who were born or lived in from Cambridegshire. If you have a colourful
character(s) that might fit why don't you send them in. |
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Burwell
is a village close to the Cambridgeshire/ Suffolk border. Within the
village is a museum dedicated to the Fen life and times. |
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Details
from Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire 1929 giving an overview of
the area and links to other information |
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A
list by hundred, or major town, of the number of baptisms, marriages
and deaths between the years 1821-1830 for Cambridgeshire. (112k) |
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A
brief history of the Cambridgeshire Regiment (the Volunteers), the 30th
Foot (Cambridgeshires) Regiment and the Cambridgeshire Miltia. |
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The
discontent caused by introduction of the Poor Laws and farm machinery
thereby reducing the number of available jobs meant violence became
an everyday part of Cambridgeshire life through the early part of the
19th century. |
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Beside
the National Census there were several local census taken for various
areas by other sources. These contain surnames and sometimes ages, baptism
dates and birthdates. |
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Summary
of available information about the 1901 census for Cambridgeshire and
the Isle of Ely. |
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Like
many other areas cholera took the lives of many working people within
the Cambridgeshire area during the 19th century. Information is available
about the cholera epidemic and other epidemics that took place. |
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Cambridgeshire
was also a place of industry, based on farming needs; its oddest industry
was coprolite-digging, the extraction of phosphatised clay nodules for
fertiliser. Coprolites occurred in a belt from Soham to Barrington and
were exhausted in a rush between 1850 and 1890. It was an industry unique
in England. Nodules were excavated in trenches, yielding 300 tons an
acre. |
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John
Starr has kindly supplied a set of diaries written by a Dr. Katharine
Heanley (1874 - 1959) who lived at Saxmundham. They cover the period
1898 to 1956. They are personal diaries and contain a lot of miscellaneous
material, records of holidays she took with her close friend Gertrude
Watson. She was a literate woman with no small skill in art, and he
has several small sketches and paintings she made.In 1914 she went to
the March area on her own and in 1915 she went with Gertrude to Chatteris.
Her parents, John Heanley and Charlotte Katharine, nee Whitling, lived
near Chatteris. The 1914 extract of Dr. Heanley's notes and some sketches
she made are included here which may prove useful to someone. |
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Ely
has been a stronghold for hundreds of years and the Cathedral has played
a major part in this. A synopsis of Ely and the the Cathedral interaction
can be found here |
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The
Isle of Ely has always been a stronghold ideally naturally defended.
After Hereward there was still much insurrection as described here. |
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From
the one day conference held by the Cambridgeshire Family History Society
some notes on the talks. |
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Many
Cambridgeshire people left the county for various places overseas, Australia,
Canada, USA, New Zealand, etc. These links may help in tracking down
these elusive ancestors. |
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A
short description can be found here of various famous Cambridgeshire
people. |
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Every
county has its folklores and remedies. Cambridgeshire is no exception
and some these are told here. |
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Descriptions
of various fortifications and historic buildings over the centuries,
within Cambridgeshire, can be found here. |
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Details
of societies and historical organisations linked with Cambridgeshire. |
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The
history of Cambridgeshire is chronicled here as a time line to see at
a glance the events over time within Cambridgeshire and the Isle of
Ely. |
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Some
history behind the Huguenot/Walloon arrival inThorney with contact information,
a reading list and various links. |
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Since
the Domesday book the country has been split into political regions
called 'hundreds'; these are the Cambridgeshire hundreds and the towns
and villages ecompassed by each. |
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The
Internet contains a variety of information about Cambridgeshire and
the Isle of Ely. Links can be found here to various relevant pages. |
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After
the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 England was left in a very
poor condition. The rates and taxes raised to pay for the wars had rendered
farmers and other employers too poor themselves to pay very much for
labour. There were hundreds of people who were not just poor but very
poor to the point of starvation. All over the country at this time there
was general dissatisfaction. This is the story of the riot that broke
out at Littleport as a result. |
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There
are many buildings throughout Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely with
historic backgrounds. Cambridge has its fair share and most of these
are well known bcause of it large tourist trade, but what of the other
towns and villages? There are several Baronial Halls and Houses within
Cambridgeshire and details of these can be found in this section. |
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Details
of two of the mayors of Cambridgeshire in office in 1902. Contains details
about the municipal area as well. The two towns/cities are Cambridge
and Wisbech. |
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Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely were strongholds of Methodism. Various records exists
for the circuits and in various other repositories. This is a guide
to Cambridgeshire references and circuits. |
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The
Rising of 1381 - the so-called Peasants' Revolt - provided a short-lived
opportunity for the people of Ely to assert their independence. While
the revolt inflamed much of East Anglia, the main leaders of the rebellion
in Ely were local men - Richard de Leycester of 'Bocherisrowe'; Robert
Buk, a fishmonger; and Adam Clymme. This is a description of the revolt. |
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A
linked list of information about places within Cambridgeshire and the
Isle of Ely from various directories and books. |
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To
afford Poor Relief various unions were set up within Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely to handle the old and infirm from the parishes.
These parishes were assigned to specific unions and these are listed
here with the realted parishes. |
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Prickwillow
is a small hamlet in the Ely Holy Trinity area which for many years
was the life-line to the outlying farms and houses. These pages contain
information relating to Prickwillow. |
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Once
you have found a professional researcher then you normally stick by
them. These researchers have all been recommended by various subscribers
to the Rootsweb mailing list dealing with Cambridgesire (ENGLISH-FENS@rootsweb.com). |
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Some
information about the railways, where they ran and their history within
Cambridgeshire. |
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Definitions
from A-Z of Ranks, Professions, Occupations or Trades that may ne encountered
when researching your genealogy or local history. |
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For
electoral and other reasons the parishes are split up into Registration
Districts. If you have acquired a birth, marriage or death certigicate
then this will quote a registration district. This is a list of the
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Registration Districts and the parishes
that fall within each. |
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Reproduced
here are the cutouts from local Haddenham newspapers in the early 1900's
contained in two scrapbooks. These books were compiled by Constance
Louisa Porter, a spinster, daughter of Roberts Knights Porter and Emily
Susan Cockle. Constance died in 1938. |
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A
short description of the Society of Friends (Quakers) can be found here
with details of the various "Meetings" which formed the Cambridgeshire
area. |
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Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely are infamous for the fenlands that make of the area.
For hundreds of years the area was virtually unusable due to the watery
landscape. Indeed Hereward the Wake made use of these areas for his
defences. The land was eventually reclaimed to give the now rich, fertile
farming land that exists. The main architect of the reclamation in this
area was Cornelius Vermuyden, a Dutchman |
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If
you are of Huguenot descent, as many in the Cambridgeshire area were,
then you may be interested in this newspaper article from 1939 dealing
with Walloon names. |
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Through
out the centuries there have been memorials and rolls of honour for
those killed in the the service of their country who were born or lived
in Cambridgeshire. These men and women are remembered on various memorials/rolls
throughout the county. These pages are the transciptions of various
of these memorials/ rolls. |
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The
flat fenlands were often flooded in winter which froze to form fields
of ice. Where better to hold ice skating championships during the 19th
century than here. |
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A
series of brief definitions covering parishes, hundreds, parish registers,
parish clerks. These cover frequently asked questions. |