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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cambridgeshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cambridgeshire Parishes]] | |||
Guide to '''Ely, Cambridgeshire family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | |||
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== Parish History == | === Parish History === | ||
ELY, a '''city''', in the Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 16 miles (N. N. E.) from Cambridge, and 67 (N. by E.) from London. The city, exclusively of the extra-parochial liberty of the College, comprises the '''parish '''of '''St. Mary''', which, with the '''chapelry''' of '''Chettisham''',and the '''parish '''of '''Holy Trinity''', which, with the '''chapelry '''of '''Stuntney'''. There are places of worship for '''Baptists''', the Countess of Huntingdon's '''Connexion''', '''Independents''', and '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50947#s20 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 167-173. Date accessed and adapted: 03 July 2013.</ref> | ELY, a '''city''', in the Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 16 miles (N. N. E.) from Cambridge, and 67 (N. by E.) from London. The city, exclusively of the extra-parochial liberty of the College, comprises the '''parish '''of '''St. Mary''', which, with the '''chapelry''' of '''Chettisham''',and the '''parish '''of '''Holy Trinity''', which, with the '''chapelry '''of '''Stuntney'''. There are places of worship for '''Baptists''', the Countess of Huntingdon's '''Connexion''', '''Independents''', and '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50947#s20 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 167-173. Date accessed and adapted: 03 July 2013.</ref> | ||
Ely, also known as the Isle of Ely, consisted historically of three ecclesiastical parishes: | Ely, also known as the Isle of Ely, consisted historically of three ecclesiastical parishes: | ||
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It also consisted of lands outside of the city and attached to Trinity and Mary parishes. It was called the Isle of Ely because the city sat atop high ground surrounded by marshes that were later drained. | It also consisted of lands outside of the city and attached to Trinity and Mary parishes. It was called the Isle of Ely because the city sat atop high ground surrounded by marshes that were later drained. | ||
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== Resources == | |||
==== Civil Registration ==== | ==== Civil Registration ==== | ||
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==== Church records ==== | ==== Church records ==== | ||
==== Census records ==== | ==== Census records ==== | ||
{{British Census|241231}} | {{British Census|241231}} | ||
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==== Probate records ==== | ==== Probate records ==== | ||
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Return to the [[Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire]] page; Return to [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Cambridgeshire_Parishes Cambridgeshire Parishes] {{Cambridgeshire}} | Return to the [[Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire]] page; Return to [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Cambridgeshire_Parishes Cambridgeshire Parishes] {{Cambridgeshire}} | ||
[[Category:Cambridgeshire]] | [[Category:Cambridgeshire]] |
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