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ALCONBURY WESTON

"ALCONBURY WESTON, a parish and village in the hundred of Leightonstone, in the county of Huntingdon, 1 mile north-west of Alconbury. The living is a vicarage united with that of Alconbury."

Cemeteries

• There are no monumental inscriptions for this parish. (Burials took place in Alconbury).

Census

• Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891)is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
• The full 1841 Census of Alconbury Weston Parish is available as Fiche Set C81.
• The full 1851 Census of Alconbury Weston Parish is available as Fiche Set C31.
• A Surname Index of the 1881 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District, in which Alconbury Weston was enumerated (RG11/1602, Folios 17a - 25b), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C3.
• A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Spaldwick sub-District of the Huntingdon Registration District (RG12/1236) in which Alconbury Weston was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, has also been produced by the Huntingdonshire FHS (as Fiche C8).
• The fiche sets mentioned above are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Churches

• The Mission Room, Alconbury Weston was built in 1878. Appears to no longer exist ??

Church History

• There was no church in Alconbury Weston, only the above Mission Room. The parishioners used Alconbury church.

Church Records

• Church records for this parish were kept by Alconbury. See Alconbury. These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.
• The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from Alconbury. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS Bookstall.

Civil Registration

• Alconbury Weston was originally in the Registration District of Huntingdon from 1st July 1837. Subsequently, it came under the Spaldwick sub-District, but once again it is now directly under Huntingdon District.

Description and Travel

• A GENWEB page on Alconbury Weston is available.

Gazetteers

• A transcript of the AlconburyWeston parish entries from 1932 Victoria County Series
• A transcript of the AlconburyWeston parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,

Maps

• An old map of the parish of Alconbury Weston in the 19th century is available.

Names (Geographical)

• Acumesberie (xi cent.),
• Alchmundesbiri,
• Alcmundesberi (xii cent.),
• Alkemundesbiy,
• Acmundebiry, Aucmundebury,
• Aumondebiry Weston (xiii cent.),
• Alkunbiri,
• Alconbury-cum-Weston (xiv cent.),
• Wode or Wood Weston (xiv-xvii cent.)

Poorhouses and Poor Law Etc

• The parish of Alconbury Weston was in the Huntingdon Union for Poor Law administration.
• Births and Deaths registered in the Huntingdon Union Workhouse (1838 - 1949) are available, as fiche set D10 from the Huntingdonshire FHS Bookstall.

Population

• Population in 1801 - 281.
• Population in 1851 - 510.
• Population in 1901 - 293.
• Population in 1951 - 254.
• Population in 1971 - 476.
• Population in 1991 - 753.

Statistics

• The civil parish of Alconbury Weston occupies some 1735 acres of land. (See Alconbury page for the area of that civil parish).