Huntingdonshire
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Biri, Byrug (x cent.), Byri (xii cent.), Byry (xiii cent.).
Hegmangrave (xi cent.), Hecmundegrave (xii cent.), Heitmundgrove, Hetumgrove, Heytmongrave (xiv cent.).
Bury and Hepmangrove, under the name of Bury-cum-Hepmangrove, appear to have originally been separate manors but were united for cetain purposes before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538.
The parish lies to the south of Ramsey and is of a very irregular shape, projecting a considerable distance into the fen on the east side of the road from Ramsey to St Ives. The land rises on both sides of the Brook which runs through the parish from north-east to south-west from 16 ft. above ordnance datum at the Brook to 66 ft. on the north-east side, and 50 ft. on the south-west. All of the fenland and much of the highland is ploughed. The soil is a strong black loam and the sub-soil is clay. The main crops are wheat, oats, beans and peas on the highland, and potatoes, celery, sugar-beet and ordinary cereals on the fenland.
Originally, Bury was a chapelry of Wistow but by 1178 it became the parish with Wistow as its chapelry. (However, Wistow regained its separate identity by 1351). Bury also gained Upwood, and Little Raveley until a separate eccesiastical parish was formed in 1746. Bury also gained part of Ramsey parish in the 16th century at the Dissolution.
Hepmangrove seems originally to have been connected with the Ramsey parish, and the Brook running through the village of Bury formed the boundary between it and Bury. From the deeds relating to the tenaments and lands situated within its boundaries, before the Dissolution, it appears to have been a populous suburb of Ramsey. Both Bury and Hepmangrove lay within the Baulieu.
Bury and Hepmangrove now forms one village. They still retain several 17th century half-timbered thatched or tiled cottages, some of which have been refaced with brick, but most of the houses are of brick with slate or tiles roofs. The former ancient stone bridge of one arch which crossed the Brook was replaced in 1925 by a wider bridge. The north-west side of the bridge is in Hepmangrove, in which the greater part of the village lies. The former Railway Station of Ramsey was in Bury parish.
Monumental Inscriptions for the parish of Bury-cum-Hepmangrove have not yet been recorded by the Huntingdonshire FHS.
Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The full 1841 Census of Bury-cum-Hepmangrove Parish is available in fiche format as fiche set C119.
The full 1851 Census of Bury is available as fiche set C69.
A surname index of the 1881 Census of the St. Ives Registration District, in which Bury was enumerated (RG11/1605, Folios 20a - 27a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C4.
A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Warboys sub-District of the St. Ives Registration District (RG12/1238) in which Bury was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, has also been produced by the Huntingdonshire FHS (as Fiche C-10).
The above mentioned fiche sets are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
OS Grid Square TL 287838.
The church of the Holy Cross is built of rubble with Barnack stone
dressing, and the roofs are covered with slates and tiles. It consists
of a chancel, nave, north aisle, west tower and (formerly) a western
chapel.
An early 12th century church which stood here probably
consisted only of a chancel and nave; the east and west walls of the
nave of this church survive. Early in the 13th century, the north aisle
with its nave arcade was added, and in the middle of the same century
the western tower was built. Possibly owing to defects in the
foundations, the north wall of the north aisle was rebuilt in the 14th
century. About 1400, considerable alterations were again made. The
chancel and the south wall of the nave were rebuilt and new windows
inserted in the north aisle.
Towards the end of the 15th century, the
large chapel west of the tower was built, possibly as a Lady Chapel. The
chancel was shortened by about 13 ft, probably in the 16th century as may be
seen by the remains of two windows at the eastern angles of the church. The
porch was built and the church restored in 1889.
Baptisms: 1561-1696, 1707-1812, 1813-1893, 1893-1951
Banns:
1754-1810, 1824-1944
Marriages: 1561-1696, 1707-1762, 1754-1812,
1837-1961
Burials: 1561-1696, 1707-1812, 1813-1973
Bishop's
Transcripts: 1604-5, 1608-10, 1612, 1617-19, 1625-7, 1660-72/1680, 1684,
1691-6, 1699-1701, 1704-6, 1712-14, 1716, 1719-20, 1723-4, 1726-32, 1734-7,
1740-5, 1747-87, 1789-1813/1813-15, 1817-24/1825-58.
These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.
Bury Parish Registers (1561 - 1900), (baptisms, marriages and burials), on 3 microfiche (set D50), are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
Bury-cum-Hepmangrove was originally in the St Ives Registration District from 1st July 1837. Subsequently, it became part of the Warboys Registration sub-District; since 1st April 1997, Bury has been part of the Huntingdon Registration District .
A GENWEB pages on Bury is available.
An old map of the parish of Bury-cum-Hepmangrove is available.
The war memorial with detailed information about those who fell is available on the Roll of Honour site for Huntingdonshire.
Population in 1801 - 224
Population in 1851 - 414
Population in 1901 -
406
Population in 1951 - 2064
Population in 1971 -
1069
Population in 1991 - 1718
Bury-cum-Hepmangrove was in the St Ives Poor Law Union for Poor Law
administration.
Births and Deaths registered in the St Ives Union
Workhouse (1836 - 1913) are available as fiche set D9 from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
From east to west at its widest point, the parish of Bury-cum-Hepmangrove is about two and a half miles wide, and from north to south it is about one and three quarter miles. The parish consists of 1446 acres of which 896 are highland and 489 are fen.
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