Kennett, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide
Kennett is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1754
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1567
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Moulton, Suffolk
- Chippenham
- Kentford, Suffolk
- Herringswell, Suffolk
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KENNETT, a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge; on a branch of the river Lark, at the boundary with Suffolk, and on the Cambridge, Newmarket, and Bury railway, adjacent to Icknield street, 5 miles NE of Newmarket. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Newmarket. Acres, 1,425. R eal property, £1,335. Pop., 207. Houses, 42. The manor belongs to the Rev. W. Godfrey. Fairfax’s head quarters were here in 1647. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, the Rev. W. Godfrey. The church has an embattled tower, and was recently restored.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Maps
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Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Newmarket
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury
- Diocese: Post-1836 – Ely, Pre-1837 – Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Fordham
- Poor Law Union: Newmarket
- Hundred: Staploe
- Province: Canterbury