Wentworth Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Wentworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Alternative names: Wingford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1684
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WENTWORTH, or Wingford, a parish in Ely district, Cambridge; 4½ miles W by S of Ely r. station. Post town, Ely. Acres, 1,437. Real property, £2,653. Pop., 180. Houses, 40. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £450. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The church is partly Norman, chiefly early English, and all good.

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

Parish Records

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England, Cambridgeshire, Wingford

England, Cambridgeshire, Wentworth – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Peters’ Church, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Bullwinkle, Alan; Cambridgeshire Family History Society

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Wentworth – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wentworth, 1600-1884
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wentworth (Cambridgeshire)

An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Wentworth : baptisms, 1600-1950; marriages, 1600-1950; banns, 1761-1950; burials, 1606-1950
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Wentworth (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Wentworth – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Wentworth, 1750-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Wentworth – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Wentworth School, 1898-1922
Author: Wentworth School (Wentworth, Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Wentworth – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Wentworth, 1750-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (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: South Witchford
  • Province: Canterbury