Upton and Copmanford, Huntingdonshire Genealogy

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Parish History

Upton and Copmanford is also known simply as Upton

Upton is a parish in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire; it is 6 miles NNW of the Huntingdon railway station. The post town is, Huntingdon.
Coppingford, or Copmanford, is also a parish in the district of Huntingdon; Huntingdonshire it is on the Alconbury brook, it is 6½ miles SW of Holme railway station, and 7½ miles NW of Huntingdon. The post town is, Alconbury, under Huntingdon. It is annexed to the rectory of Upton, in the diocese of Ely.
Together the two parishes make up the parish of Upton and Copmanford.

Resources

Civil Registration

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

Church Records are also available in the Huntingdon Record Office. To see a break down of what is available Records click here.

Church Records for Upton cum Coppinford are available through a Family History Center or at the Family History Libary. The film number is 1041715.

Census records

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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

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Huntingdonshire 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

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

• England Jurisdictions 1851
• Vision of Britain