Little Downham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
Other places in the parish include: Fen West and West Fen.
Alternative names: Downham
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DOWNHAM, a parish in Ely district, Cambridge; on the Peterborough and Ely railway, near Chittisham r. station, 2¾ miles N by W of Ely. It has a post office under Ely. Acres, 9, 789. Real property, £18, 075. Pop., 2, 158. Houses, 467.
The manor belonged to the see of Ely; and was once the principal residence of the bishops. The palace was last occupied by Bishop Wren; and was suffered to decay during the Commonwealth; but some remains of it exist.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £1,108. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is ancient; of brick and stone.
There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans. Town-lands produce £158 a year.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Leonard’s, Downham-in-the-Isle
Author: Bullwinkle, Alan; French, Barbara A.; Cambridgeshire Family History Society
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Downham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Downham, 1599-1862
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Downham (Cambridgeshire)
Downham in the Isle, Cambridgeshire : parish register transcripts, baptisms, 1558-1907; marriages, 1558-1923; burials, 1558-1950; banns, 1754-1927
Author: Farrar, Gillian; Church of England. Parish Church of Downham (Cambridgeshire)
Parish registers and poor law records for Downham, 1558-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Downham (Cambridgeshire)
Registers of Downham, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England : locally called Little Downham to distinguish it from Downham Market not far away
Author: Minns, George, 1855-
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Downham, Cambridge, England
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Downham, 1750-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Manors ( 2 )
Court roll of the manor of Downham, 1310-1327
Author: Coleman, M. Clare
Downham-in-the-Isle : a study of an ecclesiastical manor in the thirteenth and fourteenth century
Author: Coleman, M. Clare
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish chest records, 1827-1864, Downham
Author: Downham (Cambridgeshire)
Parish registers and poor law records for Downham, 1558-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Downham (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1827-1864, Downham
Author: Downham (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Schools ( 2 )
School records of Downham Feoffees School, 1870-1925
Author: Downham Feoffees School (Downham, Cambridgeshire)
School records of Downham, Oxlode and Pymoor School, 1879-1926
Author: Downham, Oxlode and Pymoor School (Downham, Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Downham – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Downham, 1750-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)
Parish chest records, 1827-1864, Downham
Author: Downham (Cambridgeshire)
Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Ely
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Ely
- Rural Deanery: Ely
- Poor Law Union: Ely
- Hundred: Ely
- Province: Canterbury