Croydon cum Clapton Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Croydon cum Clapton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, created probably in the 1600s from Clapton Ancient Parish and Croydon Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Clapton.

Alternative names: Croydon

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1672
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CROYDON-CUM-CLAPTON, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridge; 3¾ miles W by N of Shepreth r. station, and 6 S of Caxton. Post town, Arrington, under Royston. Acres, 2, 711. Rated property, £2, 080. Pop., 508. Houses, 102. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory and a vicarage-Clapton a rectory, Croydon a vicarage-in the diocese of Ely. Value, £449. Patron, J. F. Gape, Esq. The church is good; and there is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Croydon-cum-Clapton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
All Saint’s Parish Church, Croydon, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Croydon-cum-Clapton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Croydon-cum-Clapton, 1600-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Croydon-cum-Clapton (Cambridgeshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1599-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Croydon-cum-Clapton (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Croydon-cum-Clapton, 1672-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Croydon-cum-Clapton (Cambridgeshire)

Record of members, Whaddon and Croydon-cum-Clapton Branches (Cambridgeshire),1857-1889
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Whaddon Branch (Cambridgeshire); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Croydon cum Clapton Branch (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Croydon-cum-Clapton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Croydon cum Clopton, Cambs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Croydon-cum-Clapton, Cambridge, England ; christenings, 1599-1845
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Croydon-cum-Clapton, Cambridge, England ; marriages, 1599-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cambridgeshire, Croydon-cum-Clapton – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Croydon-cum-Clapton, 1810-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Croydon-cum-Clapton – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Croydon Church of England School, 1867-1925
Author: Croydon Church of England School (Croydon-cum-Clapton, Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Croydon-cum-Clapton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Croydon-cum-Clapton, 1810-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Caxton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Shingay
  • Poor Law Union: Caxton
  • Hundred: Armingford
  • Province: Canterbury