Coates Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Coates is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, created in 1843 from Whittlesey St Mary Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1850
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1855

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COATES, a chapelry in Whittlesey-St. Mary parish, Cambridge; adjacent to the Peterborough and Ely railway, 1½ mile NE of Eastrea r. station, and 3 E by N of Whittlesey. It was constituted in 1850; and it has a post-office under Peterborough. Pop., 1, 394. Houses, 300. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £70. Patron, alt. the Lord Chancellor and Mr. Childers. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a n. school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Coates – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Coates, 1855-1858
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Coates (Cambridgeshire)

Coates, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire (ecclesiastical parish formed from Whittlesey in 1850) : baptisms, 1850-1921; marriages, 1850-1920; banns, 1853-1881; burials, 1850-1921; index
Author: Osborne, Geoff; Church of England. Chapelry of Coates (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Coates, 1850-1876
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Coates (Cambridgeshire)

Administration

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