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"SNAILWELL is a village and parish, 2½ miles north from Newmarket station on the London and North Eastern railway, in the hundred of Staploe, union, petty sessional division and county court district of Newmarket, rural deanery of Fordham, and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"An unknown donor left for firing, 33 acres of fen land, and a small allotment of arable land for the poor of the parish. Mrs. W. Montagu Tharp is ladv of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is various. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 2,034 acres; the population in 1921 was 208."
[Kellys Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions for the churchyard of St. Peter are recorded fot the years 1669-1985 in the Cambridge Records Office. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The Census Records from 1841, 1861-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office, the 1851 census was lost at source. In addition the 1861 Census for Snailwell is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall. The 1851 census for Snailwell was lost at source.
"The church of St. Peter is an edifice of flint with stone quoins and windows, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a round western tower of Norman work containing 2 bells: the handsome reredos was presented in 1878 by the late William Montagu Tharp esq. as a memorial to his father; several stained windows being given at the same time by the family of the Rev. J N. Hill, a former rector, by the late William Montagu Tharp esq. and by the members and friends of the family of the late rector: the vestry was also built by the late rector's family, whose friends defrayed the cost of the mural decorations which cover the whole of the interior: the church was completely restored in 1878-9, and affords 130 sittings: in the churchyard is a stone tomb of a priest of the 15th century, with a cross on the upper slab, discovered in the wall of the south aisle during the restoration. The register dates from the year 1629."
"The rectory house was partly destroyed by lightning 3 July, 1908.. The rectory house was partly destroyed by lightning 3 July, 1908."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
Snailwell, St. Peter: Records of baptisms 1629-1899, marriages 1599-1915, burials 1558-1922 and banns 1754-1814, 1823 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Indexed transcriptions of baptisms 1629-1901, marriages 1629-1901 and burials 1629-1903 reside in the Cambridge Record Office and these transcripts, 1629-1903, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1570-1641 and 1663-1845 can be found in the Suffolk Record Office and copies on microfilm for 1570-1641 and 1663-99 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office.
Two courts cover Snailwell as follows:
Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury: Jurisidiction in various parishes including Snailwell which were in the diocese of Norwich until they were transferred to the diocese of Ely in 1837.
Records are held at the Suffolk Record Office covering Wills, 1439-1857, administrations, 1544-46, 1568-93, 1605-12, 1630-1858, inventories, 1573-76, 1617, 1625, 1640, 1650-1747. Index to wills to 1535 are published in Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, volume 12 and of all records to 1700 in the Index Library of the British Records Society, volumes 95 and 96.
Consistory Court of Norwich: Record are held at the Norfolk Record Office. Wills 1370-1857, administrations, 1370-1499, 1549-1640, 1666-1857, inventories, 1584-1846. There is an index to wills covering 1370-1857 published by the Norfolk Record Society, volumes 16, 21, 34, 38 and 47.
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 1710, 1798 (on microfilm), 1829-32.
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[Last updated: 2 April 2005 Martin Edwards]