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Einulbesberie (xi cent.), Eynesbiry, Eynesbiri (xiii cent.), Eynesburie (xvi cent.).
The parish of Eynesbury in the year 1086 probably included the present civil parishes of St Neots Urban, St Neots Rural, Eynesbury and Eynesbury Hardwick, and possibly Abbotsley. The parish of St Neots (q.v.) was separated after 1113 when one of the manors of Eynesbury was granted to the Priory of St. Neots; the final division of the tithes being made in 1204. Abbotsley (q.v.) became a separate parish in about 1138.
These arrangements divided the parish of Eynesbury into two separate portions. In 1876 the village of Eynesbury and part of the parish were included in the district controlled by the Local Board of St Neots. A further rearrangement was made in 1895 under the Local Government Act of 1894, when Eynesbury was divided into two civil parishes. The portion under the Local Board, containing 394 acres (now called the civil parish of Eynesbury), is included in St Neots Urban District, and the remainder, containing 2641 acres of land lying in two detached portions, and 8 acres of water, forms the civil parish of Eynesbury Hardwick.
The parish of Eynesbury is separated from St Neots by the Hen Brook, over which there is a bridge between the town and the village and which was apparently built about 1540. The River Ouse forms the western boundary and the boundary of the old county of Huntingdonshire forms its southern boundary. The land which is mainly arable rises eastwards from the Ouse. The soil is clay and loam, and the sub-soil is Oxford clay. The parish was inclosed by Act of Parliament in 1797.
The village of Eynesbury is now a suburb of St Neots.
The Monumental Inscriptions of Eynesbury parish 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 Eynesbury Parish is available as fiche set C91.
The full 1851 Census of Eynesbury Parish is available as fiche set C41.
The full 1891 Census of Eynesbury Parish si available as fiche set C13.
A Surname Index of the 1881 Census of the St. Neots Registration District, in which Eynesbury was enumerated (RG11/1610, Folios 87a - 118a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available, as fiche set C5.
The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
OS Grid Square TL 183598.
The church of St Mary consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle,
tower at the south-east corner of the south aisle, a modern north porch and a
south vestry. The walls are of rubble with stone dressings, and the tower is of
ashlar. The roofs are covered with lead and tiles.
The church is
mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but the earliest work visible is the
late 12th century north arcade of the nave and, possibly, the base of the south
wall of the chancel. Considerable rebuilding seems to have taken place during
the latter half of the 13th century, probably commencing with the building of
the tower, then rebuilding of the south arcade and aisle, the chancel and the
widening of the north aisle. The clearstory was added in the 15th
century.
The tower fell in 1685, destroying the chancel and a great part
of the nave and south aisle. The chancel was rebuilt
at once in a mean manner; after some delay, the tower was erected in 1687. The
church was restored in 1858 when the chancel was rebuilt and the north porch
added; the porch was rebuilt in 1873 and the vestry was built in 1929.
Baptisms: 1545-1597, 1560-1606, 1653-1719/20, 1673-1707/8, 1720-1783,
1783-1786, 1789-1812, 1813-1839, 1839-1861, 1861-1882, 1882-1907, 1907-1942,
1942-1969.
Banns: 1754-1802, 1783-1792, 1802-1807,1934-1954, 1954-1972,
1972-1985, 1985-1993.
Marriages: 1538-1582, 1561-1606, 1558-1606,
1653/4-1719/20, 1661-1701/2, 1720-1767, 1754-1802, 1783-1792, 1802-1812,
1813-1836, 1837-1897, 1897-1909, 1909-1921, 1921-1935, 1935-1946, 1946-1955,
1955-1967, 1962-1990, 1967-1990, 1990-1992, 1992-1994, 1994-1996.
Burials:
1538-1582, 1558-1606, 1653-1719/20, 1665-1707/8, 1720-1789, 1783-1787,
1789-1812, 1813-1852, 1852-1966.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1612,
1617-19, 1625, 1629, 1675/1675-9, 1681-8, 1695-6, 1699-1702, 1706-15,
1718, 1720, 1722-1756/1756-1813/1813-24/1825-1841, 1843-55.
These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.
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.
The parish of Eynesbury was originally in the Registration District of St. Neots from 1st July 1837, and continued to be when that district became a sub-district of Huntingdon, in which it remained until 31st March 1997. Since the 1st April 1997, Eynesbury has been in the Huntingdon Registration District.
A GENWEB page on Eynesbury is available.
An old map of the parish of Eynesbury in the 19th century 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 - 575
Population in 1851 - 1233
Population
in 1901 - 1227
Population in 1951 - 1348.
After 1951, the
parish became part of St Neots Urban District and its population figures have
been included there.
The parish of Eynesbury was part of the St Neots Union for Poor Law
administration.
Births and Deaths registered in the St Neots
Union Workhouse (1913 - 1952) are available, as fiche set D-11, from the
Huntingdonshire FHS.
The parish of Eynesbury has reduced considerably in area over the years. It now comprises 3035 acres of land and 8 acres of land covered by water.
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