Isleham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1566
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1675
Nonconformists include: General Baptist, General Baptist New Connexion, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, and Primitive Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ISLEHAM, a village and a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge. The village stands near the river Lark and the boundary with Suffolk, 3½ miles E of Soham, and 7½ N of Newmarket r. station; and has a post office under Soham.
The parish comprises 5,211 acres. Real property, £10,696. Pop. in 1851, 2,236; in 1861, 1,925. Houses, 448. The property is subdivided. Limestone is extensively worked and exported. A priory, a cell to St. Jagitto or Jacutus in Brittany, was founded here before 1219, and removed to Linton in 1254.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £496. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is decorated English, with a rebuilt Norman tower; comprises nave, aisles, transept, and porch; and was restored in 1865.
There are two Baptist chapels, a Primitive Metliodist chapel, a national school, and charities £209.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Isleham, 1451-1938, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Isleham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Church history ( 1 )
The church book of the Independent Church : now the Pound Lane Baptist, Isleham, 1693-1805
Author: Parsons, Kenneth A. C.
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Church records ( 6 )
Birth records, 1821-1837
Author: General Baptist Chapel (Isleham, Cambridgeshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Isleham, 1675-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Isleham (Cambridgeshire)
The church book of the Independent Church : now the Pound Lane Baptist, Isleham, 1693-1805
Author: Parsons, Kenneth A. C.
An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Isleham : baptisms, 1566-1950; marriages, 1566-1950; burials, 1566-1950; banns, 1757-1950
Author: Laying, T. P. R.; Church of England. Parish Church of Isleham (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society
Isleham, Cambridgeshire, baptisms, 1566-1851; marriages, 1566-1851; banns, 1755-1851; burials, 1566-1851
Author: Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985; Church of England. Parish Church of Isleham (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society
Parish register transcripts, 1566-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Isleham (Cambridgeshire); Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Isleham, Cambs., Eng
Computer printout of Islehem, General Baptist, Bambs., Eng
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court books of Beck or Beck Hall in Isleham, 1673-1883
Author: Manor of Isleham. Court (Cambridge)
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – History ( 1 )
Isleham through the centuries, eleventh century, the Normans in Isleham
Author: Wells, T. H. (Thomas H.)
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Probate records ( 1 )
Register copy wills and administrations for the Peculiar Court of Isleham and Freckenham, 1613-1856
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Isleham and Freckenham)
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Probate records – Indexes ( 1 )
Calendar of wills proved in the Archdeaconry Court at Ipswich, 1602-1660 and the Peculiar Court of Isleham and Freckenham, 1649-1731
Author: Baines, F. S.; Church of England. Archdeaconry of Suffolk. Court; Church of England. Peculiar Court (Isleham and Freckenham)
England, Cambridgeshire, Isleham – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1841-1861, Isleham
Author: Isleham (Cambridgeshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Newmarket
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Isleham and Freckenham
- Diocese: Pre-1847 – Rochester, Post 1846 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post 1846 – Fordham
- Poor Law Union: Newmarket
- Hundred: Staploe
- Province: Canterbury
