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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
ELY, a '''city''', and the head of a union, in the Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 16 miles (N. N. E.) from Cambridge, and 67 (N. by E.) from London. At the dissolution of the monastery, which was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Ethelreda, Henry VIII. altered the ecclesiastical establishment of the See, and by charter converted the conventual into a cathedral church, which was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The '''Cathedral''', begun in 1081, and not completed till 1534, is a splendid cruciform structure. 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>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50947#s20 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 167-173. Date accessed: 03 July 2013.</ref> | ELY, a '''city''', and the head of a union, in the Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 16 miles (N. N. E.) from Cambridge, and 67 (N. by E.) from London. At the dissolution of the monastery, which was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Ethelreda, Henry VIII. altered the ecclesiastical establishment of the See, and by charter converted the conventual into a cathedral church, which was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The '''Cathedral''', begun in 1081, and not completed till 1534, is a splendid cruciform structure. 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>Lewis, Samuel A., [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> | ||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
ELY, a city, and the head of a union, in the Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 16 miles (N. N. E.) from Cambridge, and 67 (N. by E.) from London. At the dissolution of the monastery, which was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Ethelreda, Henry VIII. altered the ecclesiastical establishment of the See, and by charter converted the conventual into a cathedral church, which was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Cathedral, begun in 1081, and not completed till 1534, is a splendid cruciform structure. 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. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
- Parish Registers: 1690
- Bishop Transcripts: 1813
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformists and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cambridgeshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 167-173. Date accessed and adapted: 03 July 2013.