Foxton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1678
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FOXTON, a village and a parish in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge. The village stands near the Hitchen and Cambridge railway, 6½ miles NE of Royston; has a post office under Royston, and a r. station; was once a market-town; and has still a fair on Easter Monday.
The parish comprises 1, 727 acres. Real property, £3, 006. Pop., 405. Houses, 90. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £79. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is good; and there are town-lands with £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Lawrence’s Parish Church, Foxton, 1703-1982, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Foxton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for the parish church of Foxton, 1599-1873
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foxton (Cambridgeshire)
Bishop’s transcripts, 1599-1679
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foxton (Cambridgeshire)
An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Foxton : baptisms, 1599-1950; marriages, 1599-1950; burials, 1599-1927; banns, 1754-1950
Author: Close, Penny; Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985; Church of England. Parish Church of Foxton (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society
Marriage transcripts, 1599-1750
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foxton (Cambridgeshire)
Parish registers for Foxton, 1678-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foxton (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Foxton, Cambs., Eng
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Court records ( 3 )
Manor court books of Docwraies in Shepreth and Foxton, 1502-1880; 1817-1870; Tyrrells in Shepreth, 1730-1868
Author: Manor of Docwraies. Court (Cambridge)
Manor court records of Foxton, 1709-1896
Author: Manor of Foxton. Court (Cambridge)
Manor court records of Orwell and Mortimers in Foxton, 1709-1749; Manor court records of Orwell, 1751-1864
Author: Manor of Orwell and Mortimers. Court (Cambridge)
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Foxton, 1810-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Foxton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Foxton, 1810-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)
Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Royston
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Ely
- Rural Deanery: Barton
- Poor Law Union: Royston
- Hundred: Thriplow
- Province: Canterbury