LANDBEACH
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
"LANDBEACH, a parish in the hundred of Northstow, county Cambridge, 5 miles
north-east of Cambridge, its post town, and 1½ mile from the Waterbeach railway
station. It is a small agricultural parish situated on the line of the Ely
railway. The main road from Cambridge to Ely passes through a portion of
the parish. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in
1807. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Ely, value £633, in the
patronage of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to
All Saints, is built of rubble and stone. It has a square embattled tower,
surmounted by a spire. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum,
with some almshouses. There is a National school, and place of worship for
Baptists."
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
- All Saints Church, Landbeach.
- "The church of All Saints is a building of rubble and stone in the Decorated and
Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, chantry (restored in
1878 and now used as a vestry), south porch and an embattled western tower with spire
containing 4 bells: there are monuments to several former rectors, viz.: Henry Clifford,
1616; J. Mickleburgh, 1756; T. C. Burroughes, 1821, and Edward Addison, 1821-43;
and one to William Rawley D.D. ob. 1667, chaplain to Francis, Lord Verulam: there
is some fine carved woodwork, and four stalls with misereres, two of which bear the
arms of former bishops of Ely: the nave has a fine Early Perpendicular roof with
tie beams, and large figures of angels projecting from each corbel: in the north
aisle is a canopied monument of the Decorated period: in 1878 the church was restored
at a cost of £1,940, and the spire at a further expense of £80: a new organ was provided
in 1910 at a cost of £350: there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year
1538."
- In the churchyard is a stone cross. erected in 1920, in memory of the men of the
parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18. Archbishop Parker was rector here from
1545 to 1554.
- There is a Baptist chapel, erected in 1854, with 320 sittings."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
- Church of England
- Landbeach, All Saints:
Records exist on microfilm for baptisms 1538-1880, marriages 1539-1936, 1938-55,
burials 1538-1913 and banns for 1756-1957 and reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives,
indexed transcripts exist for baptisms and burials, 1538-1851 and marriages 1538-1837.
Baptism records for 1880-1997 also reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. The indexed
transcripts of the registers are available in full transcript form, on microfiche,
from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search). The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1691, 1671-90, 1702-1867 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
- Methodist Church
- The
War Memorial has been transcribed and the men researched.
- 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 and 1880-1948.
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