Difference between revisions of "Huntingdonshire"

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Huntingdonshire is now makes up the northern portion of modern day Cambridgeshire and is no longer a county in its own right. Huntingdonshire lies between Northamptonshire to the Northwest & North, Bedfordshire to the Southwest and Cambridgeshire to the East. After Rutland it is the smallest county in England.

The northern part of the county is dominated by the fens, which are below sea level in places. Holme Fen near Ramsey is the lowest point in the United Kingdom. The Rivers Ouse and Nene both flow through the county as does the busy A1.

St Ives boasts the tiny chapel of St Leger. It is one of only four surviving bridge chapels in England. The town of Huntingdon has a fine museum dedicated to Oliver Cromwell, who was both born and educated in the town. Other attractions within the county include Hamerton Zoo, Kimbolton Castle and the Nene Valley Railway.

Well known personalities include Dick Turpin who frequented the George Hotel, Huntingdon when 'working' in the area, Capability Brown the landscape gardener, Henry Royce of Rolls Royce fame, the boxer Joe Bugner whose Hungarian family settled in St Ives, Samuel Pepys who lived in Huntingdon when not in London and John Major, the youngest prime minister of the 20th century who is a resident.

County town: Huntingdon

Other major towns: St Ives, St Neots, Godmanchester

Huntingdonshire Places of Worship

Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

link to: Cambridgeshire

St Ives. Submitted by Caroline

Primary Reference

Huntingdon Library & Archives

Cambridgeshire County Council

Huntingdonshire Family History Society

Huntingdonshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Local Ancestors

CAMUS Project- Archives from Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm, Upton and Sutton , The Milton Estates

Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835

Cambridge Evening News - Huntingdon and St Ives Edition

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions

Huntingdonshire Forum

Huntingdonshire Genealogy

Huntingdonshire Genealogy Links

Huntingdonshire Marriage Allegations Index

Specific Town and Village Interest

Eatons Community Association Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford

Eaton Socon Burials 1813-1840

Eaton Socon Overseers (of the Poor) Book 1800-1815

Huntingdon Town Web

Historic Ramsey in Pictures

Town Web for St Ives

St Ives

St Neots Town Website

Maps and Photographs

Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Community Archives Network

Register Office

Ferrars Road
Huntingdon
Cambs
PE29 3DH

Tel: 01480 375821

Email huntingdonro@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Cambridgeshire, as part of the UKBMD project, has an online searchable BMD database which includes Huntingdonshire records. Full details of the database, certificate applications etc are available on the council website. Online CAMDEX searches information page

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.

Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

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-[[Image:huntingdonshire.jpg|250px|thumb|St Ives, Huntingdonshire submitted by Caroline]]
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+|Huntingdonshire is now makes up the northern portion of modern day Cambridgeshire and is no longer a county in its own right. Huntingdonshire lies between Northamptonshire to the Northwest & North, Bedfordshire to the Southwest and Cambridgeshire to the East. After Rutland it is the smallest county in England.
-Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district of [[Cambridgeshire]], covering the area around Huntingdon. Historically it was a county in its own right. It includes St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots, and Ramsey.<br>
+The northern part of the county is dominated by the fens, which are below sea level in places. Holme Fen near Ramsey is the lowest point in the United Kingdom. The Rivers Ouse and Nene both flow through the county as does the busy A1.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
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+|St Ives boasts the tiny chapel of St Leger. It is one of only four surviving bridge chapels in England. The town of Huntingdon has a fine museum dedicated to Oliver Cromwell, who was both born and educated in the town. Other attractions within the county include Hamerton Zoo, Kimbolton Castle and the Nene Valley Railway.
-== Huntingdon Register Office==
+Well known personalities include Dick Turpin who frequented the George Hotel, Huntingdon when 'working' in the area, Capability Brown the landscape gardener, Henry Royce of Rolls Royce fame, the boxer Joe Bugner whose Hungarian family settled in St Ives, Samuel Pepys who lived in Huntingdon when not in London and John Major, the youngest prime minister of the 20th century who is a resident.
+'''County town:''' Huntingdon
+'''Other major towns:''' St Ives, St Neots, Godmanchester
-Ferrars Road<br>
-Huntingdon<br>
-Cambs<br>
-PE29 3DH<br>
-Tel: 01480 375821<br>
-Email huntingdonro@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
-*Cambridgeshire, as part of the UKBMD project, has an online searchable BMD database which includes Huntingdonshire records. Full details of the database, certificate applications etc are available on the council website. [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/BMD/camdex Online CAMDEX searches information page]<br>
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Huntingdonshire | Huntingdonshire Places of Worship]]'''
-==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandHuntingdonshire.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-reserved
+link to: '''[[Cambridgeshire]]'''
+[[Image:huntingdonshire.jpg|right|250px|thumb|St Ives. Submitted by Caroline]]
-==Links==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/HLAC1.htm '''Huntingdon Library & Archives''']
 *[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ Cambridgeshire County Council]
-*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crohuntingdon.htm Country Record Office]
+*[http://www.huntsfhs.org.uk/   Huntingdonshire Family History Society]
+*[http://members.tripod.com/AztecRose/huntingdon/hun.html/ Huntingdonshire Look-up Exchange]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cambs_huntingdon.html Huntingdon Library]
-*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local_history/hunts/ Huntingdonshire Collection] Based in Huntingdon Library with satellite collections at the libraries of St Neots and St Ives.
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10hunti171/10hunti171gazA.htm Historical Maps for the county of Huntingdonshire ]
+*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntingdonshire Wikipedia Huntingdonshire]
+*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ CAMUS Project- Archives from Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm, Upton and Sutton , The Milton Estates]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/  Genuki Huntingdonshire]
+*[http://www.edintone.com/pages/bapt6.html Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~enghun/  Huntingdonshire Genealogy]
+*[http://new.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_huntingdon/ Cambridge Evening News - Huntingdon and St Ives Edition]
-*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/huntingdonshire/index.html/  Huntingdonshire Genealogy Links]
+*[http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/  Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions]
 *[http://www.huntingdonshire.info/   Huntingdonshire Forum]
-*[http://www.huntsfhs.org.uk/   Huntingdonshire Family History Society]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~enghun/  Huntingdonshire Genealogy]
+*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/huntingdonshire/index.html Huntingdonshire Genealogy Links]
-*[http://members.tripod.com/AztecRose/huntingdon/hun.html/ Huntingdonshire Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/catalogue/holdings/m_p/marriageallegations.htm Huntingdonshire Marriage Allegations Index]
-*[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/huntingdon/  Cambridge Evening News - Huntingdon and St Ives Edition]
-*[http://www.stives-town.info/  Town Web for St Ives] Amongst other information about the town and the area, the site includes a collection of old photographs and the genealogy of Oliver Cromwell who was born in Huntingdon.
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://saintives.cjb.net/ St Ives] Philip Grosset's personal guide to the town. Extensively illustrated, with feedback from people who used to live there.
+*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~enghun/Transcriptions/EatonSoconBurials1813-1840/index.htm Eaton Socon Burials 1813-1840]
-*[http://www.stneots-town.info/   St Neots Town Website]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~enghun/Transcriptions/EatonSoconOverseerofPoorBook1800-1815/index.htm Eaton Socon Overseers (of the Poor) Book 1800-1815]
 *[http://www.huntingdon-town.info/ Huntingdon Town Web]
-*[http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/  Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions]
+*[http://historic-ramsey.net/ Historic Ramsey in Pictures]
+*[http://www.stives-town.info/ Town Web for St Ives]
+*[http://saintives.cjb.net/ St Ives]
+*[http://www.stneots-town.info/ St Neots Town Website]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Community Archives Network]
+==Register Office==
+Ferrars Road<br>
+Huntingdon<br>
+Cambs<br>
+PE29 3DH<br>
+Tel: 01480 375821<br>
+Email huntingdonro@cambridgeshire.gov.uk<br>
+Cambridgeshire, as part of the UKBMD project, has an online searchable BMD database which includes Huntingdonshire records. Full details of the database, certificate applications etc are available on the council website. [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/BMD/camdex Online CAMDEX searches information page]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
+Back to [[England]]