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"This village southernly situated, contains 2610 acres, and has a population of about 500 souls. The amount of assessed property is £3,310. The parish is named after Wilburtus, a Saxon, who was killed bv the Danes in 807. The living is a perpetual curacy in the deanery of Ely, but not in charge, and returned at 268 nett per annum. The archdeacon of Ely is patron, and the Rev. J. Fell, master of the grammar school, Huntingdon, is the incumbent."
[A BRIEF HISTORY OF ELY and neighbouring villages in the Isle by J.H. Clements 1868]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Peter for the years 1723-1896 are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office and at Wisbech Library. In addition the 1851 Census for Wilburton is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. Peter is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style of the 15th century, retaining traces of work pronounced by the late Sir Gilbert Scott to be Saxon and Norman, and consisting of nave, north transept, south porch and a western tower containing a clock and 6 bells : it was restored in 1851, and the transept added in 1868 by Albert and Oliver Claude Pell esqrs. and the Rev. Beauchamp H. St. John Pell M.A. rector of Ickenham, Middlesex, in memory of their parents, Sir Albert Pell kt. D.C.L. king's sergeant-at-law and judge of the Court of Review, who died in 1832, and the Hon. Dame Margaret Letitia Matilda Pell, third daughter of Henry Beauchamp, 12th Lord St. John of Bletsoe, who died in 1868 : in the chancel is a window to a daughter of Lady Pell who died in 1855 : the rood screen was restored in 1893 by the parishoners and friends in memory of O.C. Pell esq. D.L., J.P. who died in 1891 : over the porch is a priest's chamber : in 1921 a stained glass window was inserted in the north side of the church, in memory of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18; the cost, a little over £200, was subscribed by the parishioners : there are 240 sittings. The register dates from the year 1730."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Wilburton, St Peter's: Records of baptisms 1736-1963, marriages 1737-66, 1781, 1913-1964 and burials 1736-1927 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Indexed transcripts for the years 1599-1851 also reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-48, 1677 and 1711-1860 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. The parish record transcripts for St Peter 1599-1851 are 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 1750-1948; 1798 is on microfilm at Huntingdon Record Office.
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