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"Gamlingay is a parish and station on the Bedford and Cambridge branch of the London and North-Western railway, 50 miles from London and 6 south-east from St. Neots, in the hundred of Longstow, union of Caxton and Arrington, rural deanary of Bourn, archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, having Bedfordshire on the west and south sides of the parish, and Hunts on the north."
"The soil is stiff clay; subsoil, gault. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area is 4,143 acres; rateable value, £8,163; the population in 1871 was 2,063, including the hadlet of Woodbury, one mile west from Gamlingay Sinks. Tetworth is a mile and half west."
[Kelly's Directory - 1872]
The Monumental Inscriptions for the churchyard of St. Mary are recorded for the years 1716-1901 and also for the Baptist church 1755-1944. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.. Both sets of records can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. There are also records for burials in the cemetery for the years 1892-1987.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1841 and 1851 Census for Gamlingay is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. Mary is a handsome building, in the Early English style; it is cruciform, and consists of chancel, nave with five pointed arches on either side, aisles, north and south porches, square embattled tower with 5 bells, and small tapering spire; there is a carved oak screen separating the nave from the chancel: it had a new roof in 1843, at a cost of about £200, defrayed by a church rate: monuments of the Lane family, the dates are 1717 and 1754, others much earlier, but the dates are defaced: the structure requires a large outlay to put the exterior in good condition: the alter-piece was brought from Ely House, in London. The register dates from the year 1530."
"The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have places of worship here."
[Kelly's Directory - 1872]
Gamlingay, St. Mary: Records of baptisms 1698-1976, marriages 1698-1984, burials 1698-1700, 1730-1907, 1921-68 and banns for 1754-1812, 1823-1976 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for the years 1602-86, 1698-1851.These parish records are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall..The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1602-86, 1698-1851 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
Records exist in the Cambridge Record Office for births 1815-37 (on microfilm) with additional indexed transcriptions for the same period.
Gamlingay Heath Methodist: Records exist in the Cambridge Record Office for marriages 1957-88.
Potton Methodist chapel: These records contain entries for Gamlingay and exist in indexed form in the Cambridge Record Office for baptisms 1860-1973.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records also exist for the St Neots Primitive Circuit of which Gamlingay is part.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: Records also exist for the St Neots Wesleyan Circuit of which Gamlingay is part.
Gamlingay has its own village website.
An annotated map of Gamlingay 1968 is available on-line.
The Gamlingay War Memorial and the Gamlingay Heath and Tetworth War Memorial have been transcribed and 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 1798 (on microfilm), 1829-32, 1946-1948.
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[Last updated 9 August 2007 Martin Edwards]