Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Stetchworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1666
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STETCHWORTH, a parish, with a village, in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 1½ mile E of Dullingham r. station, and 3¼ S of Newmarket. It has a post-office under Newmarket. Acres, 2,824. Real property, £3,506. Pop., 671. Houses, 147. The manor belongs to H. F. Eaton, Esq. S. House is the seat of S. Y. Benyon, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Elv. Value £200. Patron, H. F. Eaton, Esq. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £31.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Cemeteries

St. Peter’s Parish Church, Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions, 1740-1910 Author: Close, Penny; Close, Tamzin; Heyden, Audrey, van der; Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Census

Census returns for Stetchworth, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Stetchworth, 1599-1851 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stetchworth (Cambridgeshire)

Marriage transcripts, 1599-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stetchworth (Cambridgeshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1599-1840 Author: Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985; Church of England. Parish Church of Stetchworth (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Stetchworth, 1666-1877 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stetchworth (Cambridgeshire)

Computer printout of Stetchworth, Cambs., Eng

Court records

Manor court records Stetchworth with its appurtenances, 1787-1874 Author: Manor of Stetchworth. Court (Cambridge)

Schools

School records of Stetchworth Council School, 1896-1930 Author: Stetchworth Council School (Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Newmarket
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Camps
  • Poor Law Union: Newmarket
  • Hundred: Radfield
  • Province: Canterbury