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"GRAVELEY is a parish on the borders of Huntingdonshire, 3 miles east from Offord and Buckden station on the main line of the London and North Eastern railway, 6 south-east from Huntingdon, 7 south-west of St. Ives and 6 north-east from St. Neots, in the hundred of Papworth, petty sessional division of Caxton, union and county court district of St. Neots, rural deanery of St. Neots, archdeaconry of Huntingdon and diocese of Ely."
"The soil to a considerable depth is clayey; the subsoil is Oxford clay. The chief crops are wheat, peas, beans and barley. The area is 1,582 acres; the population in 1921 was 158."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Botolph for the years 1719-1984 are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office and are available in full transcript form, 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 Graveley is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The full 1891 Census of Graveley Parish is available as fiche set C13 from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
"The church of St. Botolph is an ancient building, consisting of chancel and nave, north porch and a low embattled western tower containing 4 bells: in 1910 the tower was underpinned and restored and the bells rehung in new frames: the chancel was rebuilt of red brick about the middle of the 18th century: the nave, which is late Early English, and the tower are constructed of rubble with stone dressings: the church was considerably repaired in 1874-6, and again in 1888, at a total cost of about £1,000, and affords 150 sittings. The churchyard was enlarged in 1913 The register dates from the year 1642."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
Graveley, St. Botolph: Records of baptisms 1654-1907, marriages 1654-1939, burials 1654-2001 and banns 1755-1811, 1829-1939 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Indexed transcripts for baptisms 1599-1907, marriages 1599-1939 and burials 1599-1875 also reside in the Cambridge Record Office as well as indexed transcripts of the Bishop's Transcripts 1595-1665. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1644, 1663-81 and 1702-1855 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Parish register transcripts of Graveley, 1599-1939, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist at the Cambridge, Huntingdon and Bedford Record Offices for the St. Neots Primitive Circuit of which Eltisley is part.
The Graveley War Memorial has been transcribed and researched plus the plaque to Sir Henry Waller, Esq.
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 and 1946-48.
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[Last updated 21 March 2003 Martin Edwards]