BOTOLPH-BRIDGE
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
"BOTOLPH-BRIDGE, (or Bottle Bridge) a parish joined with Orton Longville,
in the hundred of
Norman Cross, in the county of Huntingdon, 2 miles to the south-west of
Peterborough, its post town. It lies near the river Nen, and the Great
Northern and London and North-Western railways. The living is a rectory*
united with that of Orton Longville, in the diocese of Ely. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, is decayed.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
- There are no surviving Monumental Inscriptions for this parish.
- All Saints Church, BotolphBridge.
- The church of All Saints was pulled down in 1695, and the materials were used to repair and enlarge the church at Orton Longueville. However, the church is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086.
-
The former parish is now part of Orton Longueville, and events are now incorporated in the latter's Registers. However, the following separate registers of Botolphbridge still exist:
- The following are available in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- Baptisms: 1556-1680, 1745-46*
- Marriages: 1558-1677, 1695-1695/6*
- Burials: 1556-1675/6, 1745-46*
- Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1608-12, 1617-19, 1664/
- *These registers include entries for Orton Longueville.
- The
Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes
include marriages from Botolphbridge and Orton Longueville. These are, at
present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754,
and are available from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- Botulesbrige (xi-xiv cent.),
- Botelsbrig,
- Botolfbrigg (xii cent.),
- Bottebridge (xiv cent.)
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