Wilburton Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Wilburton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1736
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WILBURTON, a parish, with a r. station, in Ely district, Cambridge; on the Ely, Haddenham, and Sutton railway, 5¼ miles SW of Ely. Post town, Ely. Acres, 2,233. Real property, £6,763. Pop., 560. Houses, 124. The property is much subdivided.

The manor, with New Manor House, belongs to the representatives of the late Lady Pell. The parsonage was once the chief residence of the archdeacons of Ely; and gave entertainment, in the time of Archdeacon Alcock, to Henry VII. and to his son, afterwards Henry VIII.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £229. Patron, the Archdeacon of Ely. The church is ancient.

There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £31.

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, Wilburton – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions, Cambridge, England

Wilburton, Cambridge monumental inscriptions
Author: Minns, George, 1855-

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Wilburton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wilburton, 1599-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wilburton (Cambridgeshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1599-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wilburton (Cambridgeshire); Layng, T. P. R (Thomas Peter Royson), 1901-1985

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Wilburton – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Wilburton Church of England School, 1916-1925
Author: Wilburton Church of England School (Wilburton, Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Wilburton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Wilburton, 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 Archdeaconry of Ely
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Ely
  • Poor Law Union: Ely
  • Hundred: South Witchford
  • Province: Canterbury