Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Fen Ditton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DITTON-FEN, or Fen-Ditton, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; on the river Cam and the Ely railway, 2¼ miles NNE of Cambridge. Post town, Chesterton, under Cambridge. Acres, 1,862. Real property, £4, 052. Pop., 581. Houses, 133. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £404. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church was recently renovated. There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Fen Ditton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ditton-Fen, 1599-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ditton-Fen (Cambridgeshire)

Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire : baptisms, 1538-1902; marriages, 1538-1902; banns,1755-1803, 1880-1902; burials, 1538-1803, 1880-1902; briefs, 1661-1732; index to briefs; index to baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials
Author: Travers, N. K., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ditton-Fen (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court books of Fen Ditton with Horningsea, Cambridge, 1684-1845
Author: Manor of Fen Ditton. Court (Cambridge)

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Ditton-Fen, 1759-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Occupations ( 1 )
Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire : baptisms, 1538-1902; marriages, 1538-1902; banns,1755-1803, 1880-1902; burials, 1538-1803, 1880-1902; briefs, 1661-1732; index to briefs; index to baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials
Author: Travers, N. K., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ditton-Fen (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Fen Ditton School, 1872-1925
Author: Fen Ditton School (Ditton-Fen, Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Ditton-Fen – Taxation ( 2 )
Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire : baptisms, 1538-1902; marriages, 1538-1902; banns,1755-1803, 1880-1902; burials, 1538-1803, 1880-1902; briefs, 1661-1732; index to briefs; index to baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials
Author: Travers, N. K., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ditton-Fen (Cambridgeshire)

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

Administration

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