Sawston, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide
Sawston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1640
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Roman Catholic.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SAWSTON, a village and a parish in Linton district, Cambridgeshire The village stands near the river Cam, 1 mile NNE of Whittlesford r. station, and 7 SSE of Cambridge; was once a market town; and has a post-office under Cambridge. The parish comprises 1,856 acres. Real property, £4, 428. Pop. in 1851, 1, 124; in 1861, 1, 363. Houses, 270. The increase of pop. arosefrom the establishment of a paper-mill and parchment-factory. S. Hall is the seat of F. Huddlestone, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £170. Patrons, J. Gosling and F. Huddlestone, Esq. The church is good. There are an Independent chapel, a private Roman Catholic chapel, alms-houses for 8 persons, and other charities £108.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Cemeteries
Grave and burial registers, 1882-1956, Sawston Author: Sawston (Cambridgeshire)
Census
Census returns for Sawston, 1841-1891
Church Records
Marriage transcripts, 1599-1754 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawston (Cambridgeshire)
Computer printout of Sawston, High Street Independent, Cambs., Eng
History
A history of Sawston, Pampisford and Whittlesford Author: Rosen, Adrienne B.; Wright, A. P. M.
Land and property
Schools
Taxation
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Linton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Ely
- Rural Deanery: Camps
- Poor Law Union: Linton
- Hundred: Whittlesford
- Province: Canterbury