Wilburton Cambridgeshire Family History Guide
Wilburton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1736
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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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].
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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