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"SHEPRETH is a parish, with a station on the Hitchin, Royston and Cambridge section of the London North Eastern railway, 5 miles north-east from Royston, 8 south-west from Cambridge and 50 from London by rail and 44 by road in the hundred or Wetherley, petty sessional division of Arrington and Melbourn, union and county court district of Royston, rural deanery of Barton end archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"Wimbish Manor is the residence of Mowbray Frederick Vivian James Arthur Webber esq. M.B.E., J.P. and Tyrrels, of William Nash-Woodham esq. In the parish are three manors. The trustees of the late Biscoe Hill Wortham esq. are lords of the manor of Shepreth; William and John Nash-Woodham esqrs. of Docwraies and Tyrrel manors; and these, with Henry W. Wells esq. impropriator of the great tithes, which belonged to the nuns of Chatteris, and the Cambridgeshire County Council are the chief landowners. The soil is chalky, clayey and gravelly; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat and barley; oats, beans and peas are also grown. The area is 1,318 acres; the population in 1921 was 449."
[Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions for All Saints churchyard 1641-1981 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 Shepreth is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice of brick and flint in the Early English style, consisting of nave and a low western tower containing 2 bells: the chancel arch is pre-Norman : there are some monuments to the Layer family (who formerly possessed property here), dated 1730, 1743 and 1760: there is also an ancient font of Barnack stone, and an old oak treasure chest which was unearthed about 1895 : the church was restored in 1870, and affords 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1569."
"There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1901 and seating 120 persons. A stone cross was erected on Pretty Corner in 1920, in memory of the men from this parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Shepreth, All Saints: Records of baptisms 1559-1940, marriages 1559-1935, burials 1566-1968 and banns 1754-1812, 1823-1939 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Indexed transcripts exist in the Cambridge Record Office for baptisms 1559-1837, marriages 1559-1836 and burials 1559-1837. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1757, 1773-1871 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
Shepreth Congregational Church: Records exist for baptisms 1871-1964.
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), 1812-1948.
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