Upwood with Great Raveley, Huntingdonshire Family History Guide

Upwood with Great Raveley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Huntingdonshire, created in 1819 from Upwood chapelry and Great Raveley Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Great Raveley and Raveley.

Alternative names: Upwood

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1558
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Little Raveley
• Wistow
• Wood Walton
• Ramsey
• Abbots Ripton
• Bury

Parish History

Upwood

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UPWOOD, a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; 2½ miles SW of Ramsey r. station. Post town, Old Hurst, under Huntingdon. Acres, 1,809. Real property, £3,312. Pop., 388. Houses, 90. The manor belongs to R. H. Hussey, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, united with Great Raveley, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £78. Patron, R. H. Hussey, Esq. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, and charities £12.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

UPWOOD (St. Peter), a parish, in the hundred of Hurstingstone, union and county of Huntingdon, 2¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Ramsey; containing 378 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Great Raveley annexed, in the patronage of Miss Bickerton, and has a net income of £78: the tithes have been commuted for £340. Robert Gordon and Anthony Ashton, in 1660, gave some land now let for £10 per annum, for parochial purposes.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Great Raveley

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RAVELEY (Great), a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; 3½ miles SW of Ramsey r. station, and 6½ NNE of Huntingdon. Post-town, Old Hurst, under Huntingdon. Acres, 2,040. Real property, £2, 436. Pop., 318. Houses, 64. The property is divided chiefly among four. The manor belongs to Sir H. Peyton, Bart. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Upwood, in the diocese of Ely. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

RAVELEY, GREAT, a parish, in the hundred of Hurstingstone, union and county of Huntingdon, 3¾ miles (S. W.) from Ramsey; containing 312 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Upwood: the church is demolished. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Registers

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Ashton, Thomas, of Upwood, co. Huntingdon, gent., widower, about 50, and Elizabeth Hustwhat, of Ramsey, said county, widow, about 46 — at Ramsey aforesaid. 10 Jan. 1060/1. V. 

Neville, Fleetwood, of Upwood, Hunts, clerk, bachelor, 25, and Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, of same, 23, consent of her father. Original Mitchell— at St. Margaret Pattens. 24 June, 1691. B.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Upwood

Great Raveley

Administration

• County: Huntingdonshire
• Civil Registration District: Huntingdon
• Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
• Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
• Rural Deanery: St Ives
• Poor Law Union: Huntingdon
• Hundred: Hurstingstone
• Province: Canterbury