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"SWAFFHAM BULBECK is a parish, 2½ miles east from Bottisham and Lode station, and about the same distance from Swaffham Prior station, both on the Cambridge and Mildenhall branch of the London and North Eastern railway, 6½ miles west from Newmarket and 8 north-east from Cambridge, in the hundred of Staine, Bottisham petty sessional division, Newmarket union and county court district, rural deanery of Fordham and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The soil is clay; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 4,092 acres of land and 18 of water; the population in 1921 was 639."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The "1839 Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire" for Swaffham Bulbeck index of Inns & Hotels, Taverns and Public Houses, Brewers & Maltsters + Wine & Spirit Merchants.
The Monumental Inscriptions for the churchyard of St. Mary 1703-1900 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. These are available, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"A cemetery of one acre, formed in 1886 at a cost of £200, is under the control of the Parish Council."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Swaffham Bulbeck is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice, chiefly in the Late Decorated style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, two porches and a western tower containing 6 fine-toned bells: the clerestory is Perpendicular and the tower Early English: the church is coated with old open benches which bear traces of handsome carving there is a piscina in the wall of the south aisle, and a cedar chest of the 15th century with fine carvings of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection : the chancel was restored by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1876-7, at a cost of £848; and during the period 1884-91, the roofs of the tower and aisles and portions of the interior were restored, a new organ erected, the south aisle reseated and a new pulpit and other fittings provided, at a total cost of over £356; in 1896 the interior was renovated by John Ashton Fielden esq. J.P. at a total cost of over £500: there are 458 sittings, of which 317 are free. The register dates from the year 1558."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
Swaffham Bulbeck, St. Mary: Records of baptisms 1558-1945, marriages 1558-1953, burials 1599-1900, 1919-68, banns for 1754-1875, 1886-93 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Index transcripts of baptisms 1558-1945, marriages 1558-1953, burials 1599-1887 and burials in the cemetery 1886-1982 are also available in the Cambridge Record Office. The parish register transcripts for the years 1558-1982 are available, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1857 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist at the Cambridge Record Office for the Cambridge Primitive Circuit of which Swaffham Bulbeck is part.
"There was anciently a Benedictine nunnery, founded in 1190 by Halewyse de Granville or one of the Bulbecs; at the Dissolution there were eight nuns, and revenues estimated at £40. Hare Park is now (1929) unoccupied. Mrs. Fison is lady of the Mitchell Hall manor, and Miss Wood is lady of Burgh Hall manors."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
The "1839 Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire" for Swaffham Bulbeck index of Inns & Hotels, Taverns and Public Houses, Brewers & Maltsters + Wine & Spirit Merchants.
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 1747-63, 1789-1837, 1880-93 and 1911-48.
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