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"ABINGTON PIGOTTS (or Abington-in-the-Clay) a parish, 5 miles north-west from Royston station on the Hitchin, Royston and Cambridge branch of the London and North Eastern railway and 14 south-west from Cambridge, in the hundred of Armingford, petty sessional division of Arrington and Melbourn, union and county court district of Royston, rural deanery of Shingay and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely. "
The soil is clayey and chalky; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 1,237 acres; the population in 1921 was 149.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Michael are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1793-1976. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Abington Pigotts is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The church of St. Michael is a small but ancient building of clunch and rubble, in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch vestry on the north side and an embattled western tower, restored in 1924, containing 4 bells: in the church are memorials to John Piggott 1613 and 1617, Mary Foster Pigott 1816, and other members of that family from 1827 to 1884, and also to Henry and Elizabeth Lynn 1662-3: there are 200 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1653.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Abington Pigotts, St Michael's: Records of baptisms 1729-1923, marriages 1729-1954, burials 1729-1987, banns for 1755-1811 and 1824-1988 reside in the Cambridge Record Office.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1641, 1661-84 and 1712-1871 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. The original registers between 1652-1729 were lost. Indexes to transcripts exist in Cambridge Record Office for main printed registers between 1652-1812, transcripts checked against the bishop's transcript but neccessarily for the whole period exist for marriages 1599-1640, 1661-81, 1712-53, and 1813-37. Transcripts exist for baptisms and burials 1807-31 and marriages 1807-23.
There are two sets of pages on Genweb describing Abbington Piggots buildings and Abington Piggots from Kelly's Directory 1929.
The Abington Piggots War Memorial has been transcribed and and the men researched, it stands in the grounds of the church to the right of the main gate as you enter.
Also known by the names Abington-by-Shingay or Abington-in-the-Clay.
Land Tax: records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside in the Cambridge Record Office for the years 1798 on microfilm and 1810-1948.
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[Last updated 20 March 2003 Martin Edwards]