ORTON WATERVILLE
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
"ORTON WATERVILLE, (or Orton, Cherry), a parish in the hundred of Norman
Cross, county Huntingdon, 3 miles south-west of Peterborough, its post town, and
within half a mile of the Overton station on the London and North Western
railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the
Peterborough and Oundle road and the river Nen. The inhabitants are chiefly
engaged in agriculture. A short time back many were employed in the
stone-quarries and gravel pits, but these are now nearly exhausted. The
soil is of various qualities, with a subsoil of clay and gravel. The tithes
were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1805.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely, value £354, in the patronage
of Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an
ancient stone structure of large dimensions, with a square embattled tower
containing four bells. The parochial charities produce about £30 per annum.
There is a National school for both sexes. This manor in 1480 passed from
Archbishop Booth to Pembroke College, of which the master and fellows are
lords of the manor.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
- Monumental inscriptions for this parish have not been recorded by the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS. However,
Peterborough & District FHS have an interest in the parish.
- Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- The full 1841 Census of Orton Waterville Parish is available as fiche set C106 from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- The full 1851 Census of Orton Waterville Parish is available as fiche set C56 from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- An index of surnames in the 1851 Census of the Peterborough Registration District (HO107/1747)
in which Orton Waterville was enumerated (Folios 171B-179), and which took place on 30th March
1851, has also been produced by the Peterborough & District FHS.
- The Index is available in either microfiche or A5 booklet form from Mr G Harbron, 7 Newby Close,
Peterborough PE3 6PU, England. Please state which version you want.
- A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Stilton sub-District of the Peterborough Registration
District (RG12/1225) in which Orton Waterville was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April
1891, has also been produced by the Huntingdonshire FHS (as Fiche C-15). This is available from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- The church of St. Mary consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower and
south porch. The walls are of rubble with stone dressings, and the roofs are covered
with lead and slates.
- The church is not mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but it would appear that a
stone church with a north aisle existed here in the 12th century. This church, with the
possible exception of the chancel (about which there is no evidence), appears to have
been rebuilt towards the end of the 13th century, commencing with the north arcade c.1300,
which was rebuilt upon earlier 12th century bases. The west tower and south arcade were
built some 10 years later. The chancel arch was rebuilt around 1300 - 1310, and this
probably gives the date when the chancel assumed its present size. Probably the lower
parts of the walls of this date remain. The two aisles and side walls of the porch were
rebuilt c.1330. The clearstory was added in the 15th century, and the belfry seems to
have been added (or rebuilt) on the west tower c.1500.
- The chancel was evidently rebuilt in the 17th century, probably upon the old foundations
and using much of the old materials. The nave roof was rebuilt in 1753. Some repairs were
done to the church and tower in 1840-1843. The chancel roof was much restored in 1919, the
roof of the south aisle in 1920, and that of the north aisle in 1924.
- There are
photographs and further information on St. Mary's Church on Rob's Churches website.
- The following are available in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- Baptisms: 1538-1748, 1747-1812, 1813-1887.
- Banns: 1754-1823, 1823-1944.
- Marriages: 1540-1747, 1747-1752, 1754-1837 (indexed transcriptions), 1754-1812.
- Burials: 1539-1748, 1747-1812.
- Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1610, 1612, 1617-19, 1625, 1627, 1660-9/1680, 1682, 1684-8,
1690-1702, 1704-5, 1707-26, 1735, 1739-43, 1745-8, 1750-80, 1782-3, 1785-96,
1798-1813/1813-23/1825-35, 1837-59.
- The
Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes
include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical
listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- Orton Waterville was originally in the Peterborough Registration District of Northamptonshire from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it was transferred to the Stilton sub-District of Huntingdonshire. It was later transferred back to the Peterborough District where it remains.
-
The war memorial with detailed information about those who fell is available on the Roll of Honour site for Huntingdonshire.
- The parish of Orton Waterville was in the Peterborough Union of Northamptonshire for Poor Law administration.
- Population in 1801 - 270.
- Population in 1851 - 302.
- Population in 1901 - 276.
- Population in 1951 - 334.
- Population in 1971 - 819.
- Population in 1991 - 9745.
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Boundary changes moved some 450 people from Orton Longueville into Orton Waterville between 1981 and 1991.
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