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"CASTLE CAMPS is a large and straggling parish, 3 miles south-east from Bartlow station on the Cambridge and Melford branch of the London and North Eastern railway, 5 south-east from Linton, in the hundred of Chilford, union and petty sessional division of Linton, county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of Camps and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"This and the neighbouring parish of Shudy Camps are said to have derived their names from ancient encampments in these parishes. Here was once a castle of the De Veres, Earls of Oxford, and on the site which adjoins the church there is now a farmhouse, surrounded by deep moat. The Governors of Charterhouse, London are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Messrs. Christopher Blewitt, John Perry Brown, William Kiddy and William Tilbrook. The soil is clay; sub-soil, chalk and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oat and barley. The area is 3,184 acres; the population in 1921 was 551 in the civil and 530 in the ecclesiastical parish. By a Provisional Order which came into operation March 25th, 1885, all that portion of Helions Bumpstead (Essex) parish in Cambridgeshira was amalgamated with this parish for civil purposes."
"Half a mile west of the church is CAMPS END, a hamlet of this parish. CAMPS GREEN and OLMSTEAD GREEN are also places in the parish."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of All Saints are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1610-1987. 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 Castle Camps is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall. The Haverhill Family History Group are transcribing the 1891 census of which part is for Castle Camps.
"The church of All Saints is an edifice of flint and rubble, with stone dressings, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a very fine peal of 5 bells: in the church is a marble monument to Sir James Reynolds kt. appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in 1740 and knighted 23 May, 1745; he died 20 May, 1747: the old tower fell down in 1850 and was rebuilt in 1851 in the Decorated style: the porch was rebuilt in 1855 and the chancel and nave restored in 1883: the church was restored during the period 1876-89: the roof of the nave was reconstructed in 1915: there are 246 sittings, of which two-thirds are free. The register dates from the year 1565."
"There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1856, with sittings for 350 persons."
[Kelly's Directory- Cambridgeshire - 1929]
Castle Camps, All Saints: Records of baptisms 1563-1885, marriages 1567-1954, burials 1567-1960 and banns for 1756-1813, 1901-53 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1600-1865 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials for the years 1563-1845 reside in the Cambridge Record Office and these transcripts, 1563-1845, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Baptist/Congregational: Records of baptisms 1817-1933, marriages 1894-1917 and burials for 1826-75 reside in the Cambridge Record Office.
The Castle Camps War Memorial has been transcribed and and the men researched.
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 1759-63, 1789-1846, 1865-1922 and 1932-48.
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[Last updated 20 March 2003 Martin Edwards]