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"LITTLE GRANSDEN is a parish on the borders of Huntingdonahire, 3½ miles north-west from Gamblingay station on the Bedford and Cambridge branch of the London, Midland and Scottish railway, 8 south-west from St. Neots and 15 west-by-south from Cambridge, in the hundred of Longstowe, petty sessional division of Caxton, union of Caxton and Arrington, county court district of St. Neots, rural deanery of St. Neots, archdeaconry of Huntingdon and diocese of Ely."
"The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The soil is light sand and heavy clay; subsoil, beds of stone and sand the area is 1,920 acres the population in 1921 was 227."
"GREAT GRANSDEN which adjoins Little Gransden, is in Huntingdonshire. ."
[Kelly's Directory - 1872]
The Monumental Inscriptions for the churchyard of SS. Peter and Paul are recorded for the years 1721-1988. 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.
"The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a building of stone of the latter part or the 13th century, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays aisles and a lofty embattled western tower containing 3 bells: the chancel was restored in 1858 and its east end rebuilt and a stained window inserted by the Rev. Alfred Newby, a former rector, in 1875 : the church was restored in 1885-8, at a cost of £700 and affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1730. "
[Kelly's Directory - 1872]
Little Gransden, SS. Peter and Paul: Records of baptisms 1730-1902, marriages 1730-1969, burials 1730-1812 and banns for 1754-1812 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for the years 1600-1836. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1870 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records also exist for the St Neots Primitive Circuit of which Little Gransden is part.
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 1946-1948.
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[Last updated 20 March 2003 Martin Edwards]