Kirtling, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide
Kirtling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
Other places in the parish include: Upend.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1585
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1576
Nonconformists include: Gospel Standard Baptist, Particular Baptist, and Roman Catholic.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Wood Ditton
- Stetchworth
- Great Bradley, Suffolk
- Ashley with Silverley
- Cowlinge, Suffolk
- Lydgate, Suffolk
- Cheveley
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KIRTLING, a village and a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge. The village stands near the boundary with Suffolk, 5 miles SE by S of Newmarket r. station; and has a post office under Newmarket. The parish contains also the hamlet of Upend. Acres, 3,016. Real property, £4,046. Pop., 820. Houses, 172. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Hon. William H. J. North. Kirtling Tower is a meet for the Suffolk hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £160. Patron, the Hon. W. H. J. North. The church is very ancient; has a fine Norman door way; was repaired in 1863; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains an effigies of the second Lord North, and other monuments of the North family. There are a Baptist chapel, a parochial school, six alms houses, and charities £6.
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
Vision of Britain historical maps
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: Cheveley
- Province: Canterbury