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"NEWTON (near Cambridge) is a parish on the Barkway high road between Cambridge and London, nearly (sic) mile south from Harston station on the Cambridge, Royston and Hitchin branch of the London and North Eastern railway and 6 south from Cambridge, in the hundred of Thriplow, union of Chesterton, petty sessional division and county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of Barton, archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"Newton Hall is the property and residence of Lady Walston. Newton Manor House is now (1929) unoccupied. The Dean and Chapter of Ely are impropriators of the great tithes and lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Ven. William Philip Hurrell M.A. and Lady Walston. The soil is chalky; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 994 acres; the population in 1921 was 197."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Margaret 1714-1980 are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office. 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 Newton (near Cambridge) is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. Margaret is edifice of stone and clunch in the Early English and later styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, transepts, north porch and an embattled western tower with a projecting turret on the south side and containing 3 bells; the transept arches are Early English, those of the aisle Decorated; the transepts have very good Perpendicular roofs, and the north transept contains an aumbry; the tower arch is a very fine example of the Decorated period, with deep continuous mouldings: the font, an interesting feature, dates from about 1200, and consists of a square basin, chamfered upwards to an octagon and supported on five shafts: the church was restored in 1851 and has five stained windows: there are 160 sittings. The register dates from the year 1560."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire 1929]
Newton (near Cambridge), St. Margaret : Records of baptisms 1560-1969, marriages 1557-1993, burials 1560-1992 and banns 1754-1932 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Indexed transcripts of baptisms 1560-1829, marriages 1557-1827, and burials 1560-1829 also reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1852 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.The parish register transcripts for Newton (near Cambridge) St. Margaret are also available 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 1798 (on microfilm) and 1810-1948.
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[Last updated 20 March 2003 Martin Edwards]