Cambridge Holy Trinity, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

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Parish History[edit | edit source]

A parish in Cambridge and one of the 14 parishes in Cambridge. The church of Holy Trinity was built in the 15th century. Trinity Hall was founded in 1350, by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.[1][2]

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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]

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist 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

Non Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]

Census records[edit | edit source]

Information on census records is available on Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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]

  1. 1. Wilson, John M., Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales publ. London & Edinburgh: 1870
  2. 2. Lewis, Samuel A., Topographical Dictionary of England, publ. London: 1848; Date accessed and adapted: 05 June 2013.

Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.