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"GREAT ABINGTON is a parish and village, on the south bank of the river Granta and on the main road from Cambridge to Linton and Haverhill, 1 mile east from Pampisford station on a branch of the London and North Eastern railway from Cambridge to Haverhill, 2¾ north-west from Linton, 8 north from Saffron Walden and 8 south-east from Cambridge, in the hundred of Chilford, 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 chiefly light, but certain parts are heavy; subsoil, chalk and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 1,558 acres; the population in 1921 was 219.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Mary the Virgin are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1731-1885. 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 Great Abington 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 Great Abington.
The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an ancient edifice of flint and rubble, chiefly in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, east porch and a south tower containing 2 bells: on the north side of the chancel is a monument with recumbent effigy in alabaster to Sir William Halton kt. of the Middle Temple, ob. 20th November, 1639: the church was repaired in 1895, at a cost of £500, and the south aisle in 1900, at a cost of £200: the church affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1664.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Great Abington, St. Mary the Virgin: Records of baptisms 1664-1892, marriages 1664-1983, burials 1664-1902, banns for 1754-1812 and 1823-1907 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for the years 1599-1844.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1653 and 1664-1849 can be found in the Cambridge University Library and indexed transcripts are available in the Cambridge Record Office for baptisms and burials 1599-1642 and marriages 1599-1641. The parish record transcripts for St Mary the Virgin 1599-1844 are available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
There is a Genweb Cambridgeshire description of Great Abington from Kelly's Direcotry 1929.
Abington Hall, the residence of James John Emerson esq. J.P. is a handsome mansion, prettily seated in a well-timbered park of about 100 acres, through which flows the river Granta. James John Emerson esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and principal landowner.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Great Abington World War 1 memorial has been transcribed and details of the men provided.
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 1751, 1759-63, 1789-1846 and 1865-1948.
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[Last updated 21 March 2003 Martin Edwards]