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"KNAPWELL is a parish about 4 miles south from Swavesey station on the St. Ives and Cambridge branch of the London and North Eastern railway, 8 west-by-north from Cambridge and about 8 south-east from Huntingdon, in the hundred of Papworth, union of Caxton and Arrington, petty sessional division and county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of North Stowe and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The soil is stiff clay; subsoil, gault. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area is 1,236 acres; the population in 1921 was 126."
[Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions for All Saints churchyard 1799-1980 are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office. The Monumental Inscriptions are available 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 Knapwell is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of All Saints is a structure of brick with stone dressings, in the Parpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a low and plain western tower containing one bell: the chancel and nave were rebuilt in 1866: there are 118 sittings. The register dates from the year 1680."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Knapwell, All Saints: Records of baptisms 1680-1840, marriages 1695-1837, burials 1678-1812 and banns 1754-95 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1598-1643, 1662-1861 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed transcripts exist in the Cambridge Record Office for baptisms 1598-1644, 1662-1812, marriages 1598-1812 and burials 1598-1644, 1662-1812. Transcripts of the Knapwell 1598-1996 parish records are are available from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
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.
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