Brinkley, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Brinkley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1684
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRINKLEY, a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 3 miles E of Six-Mile-Bottom r. station, and 5½ S by W of Newmarket. It has a post office under Newmarket. Acres, 1,500. Real property, £2,257. Pop., 317. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. Brinkley Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £241. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church is old but good. There is an endowed school with £35 a year.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Brinkley, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Brinkley, 1599-1860 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Brinkley, Cambridgeshire–baptisms, 1599-1851; marriages, 1599-1838; banns, 1755-1838; burials, 1599-1851 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brinkley (Cambridgeshire); Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985

An indexed transcription of the parish register of Brinkley : baptisms, 1599-1950; marriages 1599-1950; burials 1599-1948; banns 1755-1950 Author: Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985; Cambridgeshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Marriage transcripts, 1599-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Brinkley, 1684-1877 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Computer printout of Brinkley, Cambs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Brinkley, Cambridge, England ; christenings, 1559-1838 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Brinkley, Cambridge, England ; marriages, 1599-1838 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Cemeteries

St. Mary’s Parish Church, Brinkley, monumental inscriptions, 1721-1982 Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Public records

Pasrish chest records, 1836-1900, Brinkley Author: Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Pasrish chest records, 1836-1900, Brinkley Author: Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Taxation

Pasrish chest records, 1836-1900, Brinkley Author: Brinkley (Cambridgeshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Newmarket
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Camps
  • Poor Law Union: Newmarket
  • Hundred: Radfield
  • Province: Canterbury