Horningsea Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

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Horningsea is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Alternative names: Hornsea

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1628
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORNINGSEA, or HORNSEA, a parish, with a village, in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; on the river Cam, and on the Cambridge and Ely railway, 3½ miles NE by N of Cambridge. Post town, Cambridge. Acres, 1, 580. Real property, £2, 604. Pop., 402. Houses, 82. An ancient priory here was destroyed, about. 870, by the Danes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, not reported. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a national school, and charities £4.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Horningsea – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Horningsea, 1599-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Horningsea (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers and poor law records for Horningsea, 1628-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Horningsea (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Horningsea – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court books of Fen Ditton with Horningsea, Cambridge, 1684-1845
Author: Manor of Fen Ditton. Court (Cambridge)

England, Cambridgeshire, Horningsea – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Horningsea, 1759-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Horningsea – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Horningsea Church of England School, 1903-1925
Author: Horningsea Church of England School (Horningsea, Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Horningsea – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Horningsea, 1759-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

Administration

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