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"LITTLE WILBRAHAM is a village and parish, 1 mile south from the Cambridge and Newmarket road, 2½ north-east from Fulbourn station on the Cambridge and Bury branch of the London and North Eastern railway and 7 east from Cambridge, in the hundred of Staine, Bottisham petty sessional division, union of Chesterton, county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of Quy and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The soil is various; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area, including fen lands, is 1,990 acres of land and inland water; the population in 1921 was 345."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. John are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1790-1984 which 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 Little Wilbraham is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. John is an ancient building of stone, principally in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, but with traces of much older work, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: the doorways to the rood loft also remain: the piers and arches of the nave are good Perpendicular, and there is an octagonal font of the same date: the south porch has a curious inner doorway, enriched with tracery and shields of arms: the tower is Decorated and stands on open arches: in the chancel is a brass, with kneeling effigy to William Blakney M.A. ob. 1521 in the churchyard is the base of a cross, consisting of the steps and part of the shaft, and a tombstone to Elizabeth Hobbs, who died in 1803, and is stated to have attained the age of 104 years : the interior of the church was restored and variously refitted during the period 1875-89, at a cost of £800, this amount including three stained windows and a new organ: there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
Little Wilbraham, St. John: Records of baptisms 1538-1986, marriages 1538-1987, burials 1561-1974, banns for 1754-1812, 1824-49, 1873-1946 reside in the Cambridge Record Office.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1648, 1661-187 3can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed transcripts exist in Cambridge Record Office for baptisms 1538-1852, marriages 1538-1837, and burials 1561-1852. Parish register transcripts of Little Wilbraham, 1538-1852, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, 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 1757-63, 1789-1837, 1880-92 and 1911-1948.
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