Cheveley Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

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Cheveley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Other places in the parish include: Snelsmore, Leckhampstead, Winterbourn, Oare, and Courage.

Alternative names: Chieveley

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1567

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHEVELEY, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred in Newmarket district, Cambridge. The parish lies on the verge of the county, near the Newmarket railway, 3¼ miles SE of Newmarket; and has a post-office under Newmarket. Acres, 2, 527. Real property, £1, 517. Pop., 607. Houses, 136. The property is divided among a few. Cheveley Park belongs to the Duke of Rutland.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £704. Patron, the Rev. J. T. Bennet.

The church is ancient but pretty good. A free grammar school has £80; alms-houses, £19; and other charities, £9.

The sub-district contains nine parishes. Acres, 2, 645. Pop., 6, 489. Houses, 331.

The hundred contains four parishes. Acres, 1, 905. Pop., 4, 570. Houses, 917.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Cheveley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary’s, Cheveley, Cambridge, monumental inscriptions
Author: Bullwinkle, Alan; Cambridgeshire Family History Society

England, Cambridgeshire, Cheveley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Cheveley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cambridgeshire, Cheveley – Church records ( 2 )
An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Cheveley : baptisms, 1559-1950; marriages, 1559-1950; burials, 1559-1950; banns, 1764-1950
Author: Travers, N., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Cheveley (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Cheveley, 1559-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cheveley (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Cheveley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Cheveley, Cambs., Eng

England, Cambridgeshire, Cheveley – Manors ( 1 )
Manor court books, 1736-1799, 1799-1849

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Newmarket
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury
  • Diocese: Post-1836 – Ely, Pre-1837 – Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Fordham
  • Poor Law Union: Newmarket
  • Hundred: Cheveley
  • Province: Canterbury