The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridgeshire Archives. In
addition the 1851 Census for Cambridge is available in indexed form, on microfiche,
from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
"St. Benedict's church, in Benet street, adjoining Corpus Christi college, is a building
of stone in the Early Norman, Early English and later styles, consisting of chancel,
nave, aisles, north porch and a western tower containing 6 bells: the tower, with
its "long and short" masonry and baluster windows, is regarded as a Saxon work, and
there are portions of similar work of the same period at the north-east and south-east
angles of the nave: the church is connected with Corpus Christi college by a range
of buildings carrying a gallery, which is now occupied as college rooms: the church
was repaired and enlarged in 1856, and again during the period 1874-82, at a cost
of £3,016, and affords about 350 sittings, of which 100 are free. The register dates
from the year 1539, and records the burial, 12 Jan. 1630, of Thomas Hobson, the famous
University carrier. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £60, including 23
acres of glebe, in the gift of Corpus Christi college, and held since 1895 by the
Rev. Charles Peter Littlejohn M.A. of that college."
[Kelly's Directory - 1900]
Cambridge St Benedict:
Records of baptisms 1539-1925, marriages 1539-1984, burials 1539-1943, and banns
1754-1958 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. The Bishop's Transcripts for the
years 1599-1691, 1713-1847 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Transcripts
exist in the Cambridgeshire Archives for baptisms, marriages and burials for the
years 1539-1851. The parish registers 1539-1851 are available on microfiche, from
the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
Land Tax:
records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers
in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside
in the Cambridgeshire Archives for the years 1798 on microfilm, 1829-32, 1864-91
and 1916-1948.