Knapwell, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

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Knapwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1678
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KNAPWELL, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridge; 3½ miles NE of Caxton, and 4½ SSW of Swavesey r. station. Post town, Elsworth, under St. Ives, Hunts. Acres, 2,000. Real property, £719. Pop., 156. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150. Patron, the Rev. David Craig. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1865. Charities, £8.

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

Parish Registers

Knapwell Marriages 1598 to 1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Knapwell – Cemeteries ( 1 )
All Saints’ Parish Church, Knapwell, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions, 1779-1980
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Knapwell – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Knapwell, 1598-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knapwell (Cambridgeshire)

Knapwell parish registers : baptisms, 1598-1996; marriages, 1598-1983; banns, 1754-1795; burials, 1598-1996
Author: Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985; Abraham, I.; Cambridgeshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Knapwell (Cambridgeshire)

Marriages at Knapwell, 1598-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knapwell (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Knapwell, 1678-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knapwell (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Knapwell – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Knapwell, Cambs., Eng

England, Cambridgeshire, Knapwell – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Knapwell Church of England School, 1874-1925
Author: Knapwell Church of England School (Knapwell, Cambridgeshire)

Cambridgeshire Historical Directories

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Caxton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Bourn
  • Poor Law Union: Caxton
  • Hundred: Papworth
  • Province: Canterbury