Hinxton Cambridgeshire Family History Guide
Hinxton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HINXTON, a village and a parish in Linton district, Cambridge. The village stands on the S border of the county, near the London and Cambridge railway, 2 miles N by W of Chesterford r. station, and 4½ W by S of Linton; and has a post office under Saffron-Walden.
The parish comprises 1, 503 acres. Real property, £2. 614. Pop., 396. Houses, 95. The manor belongs to E. H. G. De Freville, Esq.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150. Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church consists of nave, chancel, and aisle, with large square tower; and has a brass of 1416. A record of the Reformation here, in 1643, says, “We brake down 23 superstitions pictures, ordered a cross to be taken off the steeple, and the Lady Hind to level the steps.”
There are a British school and charities £16.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Linton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Ely
- Rural Deanery: Camps
- Poor Law Union: Linton
- Hundred: Whittlesford
- Province: Canterbury