Willingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WILLINGHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chesterton district, Cambridge. The village stands 1½ mile N of Long Stanton r. station, and 6¼ E by S of St. Ives; and has a post-office under St. Ives, Hunts.
The parish comprises 4,663 acres. Real property, £9,149. Pop., 1,630. Houses, 379. Large quantities of cheese are made.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £677. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is decorated English, large, and good; includes a N chapel, with singularly constructed stone roof; and has a lofty pinnacled tower.
There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £35 a year, alms houses with £35, and other charities £20.
The sub-district contains 13 parishes. Acres, 33,215. Pop., 9,633. Houses, 2,147.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary and All Saints’ Parish Church, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cannell, Gill; Kirkman, Anne; Cambridgeshire Family History Society
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Willingham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Willingham, 1599-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
Marriages at Willingham, 1559-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
Parish registers for Willingham, 1559-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
Willingham parish registers : baptisms, 1559-1891; marriages, 1559-1891; banns, 1754-1812, 1824-1887; burials, 1559-1891; index
Author: Travers, N. K., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Willingham (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Willingham by St. Ives, Camb., Eng
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court books of Willingham alias Wivelingham, 1614-1852
Author: Manor of Willingham. Court (Cambridge)
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1505-1865, Willingham
Author: Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1505-1865, Willingham
Author: Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1505-1865, Willingham
Author: Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Willingham Council School, 1876-1925
Author: Willingham Council School (Willingham, Cambridgeshire)
England, Cambridgeshire, Willingham – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1505-1865, Willingham
Author: Willingham (Cambridgeshire)
Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Chesterton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Ely
- Rural Deanery: Chesterton
- Poor Law Union: Chesterton
- Hundred: Papworth
- Province: Canterbury