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.

Adjacent Parishes

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

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Cemeteries ( 1 )
All Saints’ Parish Church, Kirtling, 1726-1980, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Church records ( 2 )
Kirtling parish registers: baptisms, 1585-1851; marriages, 1592-1837; burials, 1592-1851
Author: Close, Penny; Church of England. Parish Church of Kirtling (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Kirtling, 1585-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirtling (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – History ( 1 )
A History of Kirtling and Upend : landowners and people in a Cambridgeshire parish, 1000-2000
Author: Lewis, C.P.

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Military records ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1703-1890, Kirtling
Author: Kirtling (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1703-1890, Kirtling
Author: Kirtling (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1703-1890, Kirtling
Author: Kirtling (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1703-1890, Kirtling
Author: Kirtling (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Kirtling church of England School, 1890-1925
Author: Kirtling Church of England School (Kirtling, Cambridgeshire)

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