Carlton cum Willingham, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Carlton cum Willingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Other places in the parish include: Willingham.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1588
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Great Bradley
• Weston Colville
• Brinkley
• Burrough Green
• Little Wilbraham
• Little Thurlow

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CARLTON-CUM-WILLINGHAM, a parish in Linton district, Cambridge; on the verge of the county, 4¼ miles ESE of Six-Mile-Bottom r. station, and 7½ S of Newmarket. It has a post-office, of the name of Carlton, under Newmarket. Acres, 2,200. Real property, £3,102. Pop., 402. Houses, 87. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £287. Patrons, the Trustees of the Rev. W. S. P. Wilder. The church is old but good; and has a monument of Sir T. Elliot, author of a Latin Dictionary and other works. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch Catalog

Census

Census returns for Carlton with Willingham, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Carlton-cum-Willingham, 1599-1853 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carlton-cum-Willingham (Cambridgeshire)

Carlton cum Willingham Cambridgeshire, baptisms, 1588-1851; marriages, 1599-1837; bann, 1754-1805; burials, 1599-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carlton-cum-Willingham (Cambridgeshire)

An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Carlton-cum-Willingham : baptisms, 1588-1950; marriages, 1595-1950; burials, 1599-1950; banns, 1758-1950 Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Carlton-cum-Willingham (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Carlton-cum-Willingham, 1588-1875 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carlton-cum-Willingham (Cambridgeshire)

Computer printout of Carlton cum Willingham, Cumbs., Eng

Cemeteries

St. Peter’s Parish Church, Carlton, Cambridge, monumental inscriptions Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Land and property

Land tax assessments for the parish of Carlton-cum-Willingham, 1759-1831 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Parish registers for Carlton-cum-Willingham, 1588-1875 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carlton-cum-Willingham (Cambridgeshire)

Taxation

Land tax assessments for the parish of Carlton-cum-Willingham, 1759-1831 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Cambridgeshire
• Civil Registration District: Linton
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Ely
• Rural Deanery: Camps
• Poor Law Union: Linton
• Hundred: Radfield
• Province: Canterbury