GREAT ABINGTON
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
"GREAT ABINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Chilford, in the county of
Cambridge, 2 miles north-west of Linton. Cambridge is the post town. It is
situated on the south bank of the river Granta, 6 miles from the
Chesterford station of the Great Eastern railway. The living is a vicarage
in the diocese of Ely, value £120, and in the patronage of T. Mortlock,
Esq, whose seat is Abington Park. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and
is in the early English style.
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
- The following Churches have their own websites:
- The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an ancient edifice of flint and rubble, chiefly
in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle,
east porch and a south tower containing 2 bells: on the north side of the chancel
is a monument with recumbent effigy in alabaster to Sir William Halton kt. of the
Middle Temple, ob. 20th November, 1639: the church was repaired in 1895, at a cost
of £500, and the south aisle in 1900, at a cost of £200: the church affords 200 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1664.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
- Church of England
- Great Abington, St. Mary the Virgin:
Records of baptisms 1664-1892, marriages 1664-1983, burials 1664-1902, banns for
1754-1812 and 1823-1907 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives, indexed transcripts
exist for the years 1599-1844.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1653 and
1664-1849 can be found in the Cambridge University Library and indexed transcripts
are available in the Cambridgeshire Archives for baptisms and burials 1599-1642 and
marriages 1599-1641. The parish record transcripts for St Mary the Virgin 1599-1844
are available on microfiche from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
- Abington Hall, the residence of James John Emerson esq. J.P. is a handsome mansion,
prettily seated in a well-timbered park of about 100 acres, through which flows the
river Granta. James John Emerson esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and principal landowner.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
- 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 1751, 1759-63, 1789-1846 and 1865-1948.
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