Ickleton, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

Ickleton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ICKLETON, a village and a parish in Linton district, Cambridge. The village stands on Icknield street, adjacent to the Great Eastern railway, near the boundary with Essex, 1½ mile NNW of Chesterford r. station, and 5 WSW of Linton; has a post office under Saffron-Walden, and a fair on 22 July; and was once a market town.

The parish comprises 2,672 acres. Real property, £4,002. Pop., 721. Houses, 159. The manor belongs to the Hon. Mrs. Algernon Herbert. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by the De Veres or the Cantelupes; and was given, at the dissolution, in exchange for other property, to the Bishops of Ely. Roman coins and remains of a Roman villa, together with other Roman relics, were found in 1848.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £85. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a lofty tower. Charities, £69.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary’s Parish Church, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ickleton, 1599-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ickleton (Cambridgeshire)

Ickleton, Cambridgeshire: baptisms, 1749-1880; marriages, 1745-1880; burials, 1749-1880; index
Author: Travers, N., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ickleton (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society

An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Ickleton : baptisms, 1558-1950; marriages, 1558-1950; burials, 1558-1950; banns 1755-1950
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Ickleton (Cambridgeshire)

Marriage transcripts, 1599-1753
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ickleton (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers and poor law records for Ickleton, 1558-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ickleton (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England 1558-1633 : with extracts from early wills, churchwardens accounts
Author: Cook, John

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court book of Limbury or Limburies in Ickleton, 1774-1851
Author: Manor of Limbury. Court (Cambridge)

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers and poor law records for Ickleton, 1558-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ickleton (Cambridgeshire)

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Probate records ( 1 )
Parish registers of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England 1558-1633 : with extracts from early wills, churchwardens accounts
Author: Cook, John

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Ickleton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Ickleton, 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: Whittlesford
  • Province: Canterbury