CASTLE CAMPS
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
"CASTLE CAMPS, a parish in the hundred of Chilford, in the county of
Cambridge, 5 miles to the south-east of Linton, and 16 from Cambridge, its post
town. It is situated on the confines of Suffolk and Essex, and was the site
of a magnificent castle, founded by Aubrey de Vere, to whom the lordship
was granted by William the Conqueror. The castle continued to be the seat
of the De Veres, earls of Oxford, till near the end of the 16th century,
when it was purchased by Thomas Sutton, founder of the Charterhouse,
London, and was given
by him as an endowment to that foundation. The moat still exists, and some
small portions of the building, which are attached to a farmhouse. The
living is a rectory* in the diocese of Ely, value £570, in the patronage of
the Governors of the Charterhouse, London. The church, a Gothic building
with a square tower, is dedicated to All Saints, and contains monuments of
the Dayrells and of Chief Baron Reynolds. The Independents have a chapel
here, and there is a charity school principally supported by the incumbent.
The parochial charities are of trifling value. The parish, which includes a
tract of common land, is supposed to have derived its name from a large
Danish encampment which anciently existed in this neighbourhood."
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
- All Saints Church, Castle Camps.
- "The church of All Saints is an edifice of flint and rubble, with stone dressings,
in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled
western tower containing a very fine peal of 5 bells: in the church is a marble monument
to Sir James Reynolds kt. appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in 1740 and knighted
23 May, 1745; he died 20 May, 1747: the old tower fell down in 1850 and was rebuilt
in 1851 in the Decorated style: the porch was rebuilt in 1855 and the chancel and
nave restored in 1883: the church was restored during the period 1876-89: the roof
of the nave was reconstructed in 1915: there are 246 sittings, of which two-thirds
are free. The register dates from the year 1565."
- "There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1856, with sittings for 350 persons."
[Kelly's Directory- Cambridgeshire - 1929]
- Church of England
- Castle Camps, All Saints:
Records of baptisms 1563-1885, marriages 1567-1954, burials 1567-1960 and banns
for 1756-1813, 1901-53 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. The Bishop's Transcripts
for the years 1600-1865 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed
transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials for the years 1563-1845 reside
in the Cambridgeshire Archives and these transcripts, 1563-1845, are available in
full transcript form, on microfiche, from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
- Baptist/Congregational:
Records of baptisms 1817-1933, marriages 1894-1917 and burials for 1826-75 reside
in the Cambridgeshire Archives.
- 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 1759-63, 1789-1846, 1865-1922 and 1932-48.
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