FOWLMERE
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
"FOWLMERE, (or Fulmer or Foulmire), a parish in the hundred of Thriplow, county
Cambridge, 5 miles north-east of Royston, its post town, and 9 south of Cambridge.
It is situated in the neighbourhood of Brent Ditch, and on the heath
adjoining, a great number of aquatic and bog plants are found. The land is
chiefly arable. The village, which is considerable, was once a market town.
The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Ely, value £598. The church is a
stone edifice dedicated to St. Mary. There are charities producing about
£11 per annum. The Independents have a chapel. There is a large warren.
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
- "The cemetery, on the Shepreth road, comprises 1 acre of ground, given by the late
F. M. Beldam-Johns esq. and has a chapel, erected in 1912; it is under the control
of the Parish Council."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
- The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Mary for the years 1724-1971
are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office and are available, on microfiche, from
the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
- The following Churches have their own websites:
- "The church of St. Mary is a fine structure of flint in the Early English, Decorated
and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisle, transepts, north porch
and a lofty embattled central tower containing 5 bells; there are two memorial windows,
and there is also a monument to the Mitchell family, dated 1745 and 1748: the church
was restored during the period 1870-90, at a cost of about £3,000, and has 250 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1561."
- "The Congregational chapel was erected in 1780: in 1870 an apse was added and an
organ purchased: the chapel underwent a thorough restoration in 1878, at a cost of
about £1,100, this sum including the erection of a turret containing a clock and
bell: there are 409 sittings. In the village is a cross of Portland stone, erected
in 1919 as a memorial to the men of the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
- Church of England
- Fowlmere, St. Mary:
Records of baptisms 1562-1994, marriages 1562-1650, 1669-1991, burials 1561-1651,
1661-1999, and banns 1754-1815 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives, indexed transcripts
exist for baptisms, marriages and burials 1561-1991.The Bishop's Transcripts for
the years 1600-41 and 1663-1868 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
The parish register transcripts 1561-1991 are available in full transcript form,
on microfiche, from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
- Independent
- Independent Church:
Records exist for baptisms 1812-37 (on microfilm) in the Cambridgeshire Archives
with indexed transcripts of the same plus monumental inscriptions from the churchyard
for the years 1840-1944.
- 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), and 1811-1948.
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