Melbourn Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

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Melbourn is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Alternative names: Melbourne

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MELBOURNE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge. The village stands 1 mile S of Meldreth r. station, 2½ N of Icknield-street and the boundaries with Herts and Essex, 3 NE of Royston, and 10 S by W of Cambridge; is a large place and a seat of petty sessions; and has a post office under Royston, and a police station.

The parish comprises 4,688 acres. Real property, £11,139. Pop. in 1851,1,931; in 1861,1,637. Houses, 368. The property is much subdivided. The manors belong to R. W. Hitch, Esq. H. J. Hitch, Esq., and the Dean and Chapter of Ely. Melbournebury is the seat of J. E. Fordham, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £250. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The church is of the 14th century; comprises nave, aisles, S transept, chancel, and S porch; and has a memorial window to the Hitch family.

There are chapels for Independents and Baptists, an endowed school with £109 a year, and charities £56. The old Independent chapel was built in 1723, and renovated in 1848; and is now used only for Sabbath-school teaching and kindred purposes. The new chapel was built in 1865, at a cost of £2,300; is in the Italian-Gothic style, of various coloured bricks; and has a front wheel window, and two flanking towers.

The sub-district contains also twelve other parishes. Acres, 27,236. Pop., 8,450. Houses, 1,752.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Melbourne – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Baptist Church, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions, Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, England Parish Churchyard.
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

United Reformed Church (new burial ground), Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Melbourne – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Melbourne, 1599-1847
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbourne (Cambridgeshire)

Church records for the Independent Chapel, Melbourne, 1800-1837
Author: Melbourne Meeting (Melbourne, Cambridgeshire : Independent)

Parish register extracts, 1558-1786
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbourne (Cambridgeshire)

Parish register transcripts
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbourne (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Melbourne, 1558-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbourne (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Melbourne – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Melbourne or Melbourn, Cambs., Eng

Computer printout of Melbourne, Independent, Caambs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Melbourn, Cambridge, Engla (Independent) ; christenings, 1800-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cambridgeshire, Melbourne – Land and property ( 2 )
Churchwarden’s accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1540-1949
Author: Royston (Hertforshire)

Land tax assessments for the parish of Melbourne, 1811-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Melbourne – Public records ( 2 )
Churchwarden’s accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1540-1949
Author: Royston (Hertforshire)

Parish chest records, 1835-1900, Melbourne
Author: Melbourne (Cambridge)

England, Cambridgeshire, Melbourne – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Melbourne, 1811-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Royston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Shingay
  • Poor Law Union: Royston
  • Hundred: Armingford
  • Province: Canterbury