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"DUXFORD, comprising the ancient parishes of St Peter and St. John (now constituting a single parish for all purposes), is 1 mile south from Whittlesford station on the London and Cambridge section of the London and North Eastern railway (which is in this parish), 9 south from Cambridge and 7 west from Linton, in the hundred of Whittlesford, union and petty sessional division of Linton, county court district of Saffron Walden, rural deanery of Camps and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The soil is gravelly and chalky; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 3,233 acres of land and 6 of water; the population in 1921 was 734."
[Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire 1929]
"A cemetery of one acre, presented by the Rev. H. S. Carter M.A. rector 1865-1904, was enclosed by the parishioners and landowners at a cost of £224, and is under the control of the Parish Council."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Duxford is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The Congregational chapel, founded in 1794, was thoroughly repaired and a school room and vestry added in 1859 at a cost of £350; it will seat 400 persons."
"The Red Lion hotel, at Whittlesford Bridge, is said to have formerly been part of a small monastic establishment anciently existing here: the rafters of the ceiling and the mantel-piece are very fancifully carved. The chapel belonging to this religious house, though but little known, is an exquisite structure of rubble of the Decorated period, and its design is of extraordinary merit: the tracery of the once fine east window has disappeared, but the piscina and sedile recess remain, and there are side lancet windows with beautifully moulded hood arches: the building may fairly be regarded as a perfect model for a small but plain chapel."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Independent Church: Indexed transcripts exist for births 1788-1837 at the Cambridge Record Office.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist for the Cambridge Primitive Circuit of which Duxford is part.
"James Bedwell, in 1573, left certain estates in the parish, the rents to be distributed in herrings during Lent and Passion week ; this has now been commuted into a money payment of £3, which is distributed annually: there is also a charity called "dole money," left by a lady, and amounting to £1 10s. annually: King's charity, derived from land, is about £16 a year, £2 for two poor widows and the remainder for educational purposes. There is a Royal Air Force station in this parish."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]Duxford Chapel
Duxford Chapel was originally built as a small hospital for the poor and travellers in the 13th century, chantry masses were sung here until 1547.
"The great tithes of Duxford St. John are owned by Clare College. In this parish are four manors: Mrs. Fisher owns one, William Evelyn Long esq. J.P. two, and Cain College, Cambridge, the fourth. The lords of the manors and James Binney esq. D.L., J.P. and Viscount Hampden K.C.B., C.M.O. are the principal landowners."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
"In the centre of the village is a cross of Portland stone, erected in 1920 at a cost of £240, as a memorial to the men of this parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-15."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]The Duxford War Memorial has been transcribed and researched.
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