Huntingdonshire
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East Hemingeford/Emingeford (xi cent.), Hannicheford, Haminckford (xii cent.), Hemmingeforde Turbervill, Turbelville, Trubbevill or Trubelvill, Hemingeforde Parva (xiii-xiv cent.), Hemyngforde Grey, Hemingford Priors (xiv - xv cent.).
The parish of Hemingford Grey lies extremely low, mostly at 20-40 ft above sea-level, and Hemingford Meadows in the north is liable to floods. On the south side of St Ives Bridge, a suburb of St Ives is growing up, but Hemingford Grey Village lies in the opposite direction away from St Ives, and is still rural. At the northern end of the village, near the extreme north-western angle of the parish, stands its 12th century Manor House, where the backwaters separate Houghton Meadows from the main stream of the River Ouse, which is the earliest secular building in the County. The house is still surrounded by its moat on three sides away from the river, near the right bank on which it stands.
The local area consists of farmland. The soil north of the Cambridge Road is gravelly; to the south it is strong loam. Crops grown include wheat, barley and market garden produce.
Monumental Inscriptions from the Parish Churchyard (181 entries - fiche set M5) and from Hemingford Grey Municipal Cemetery (300 entries - fiche set M6) are available from Huntingdonshire FHS.
Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The full 1841 Census of Hemingford Grey Parish is available as fiche set C98.
The full 1851 Census of Hemingford Grey Parish is available as fiche set C48.
A surname index of the 1881 Census of the St. Ives Registration District, in which Hemingford Grey was enumerated (RG11/1609, Folios 34a - 50a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available, as fiche set C4.
A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the St. Ives Registration District (RG12/1234) in which Hemingford Grey parish was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, is available as fiche set C12.
The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
OS Grid Reference TL 293709
The Church of St James consists of a chancel, north vestry, nave,
north aisle, south aisle, west tower and south porch. The walls are of
rubble with stone dressings and the roofs are covered with slates and
lead.
The church is not mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but in
the 12th Century there was a church with a north aisle and, perhaps, a central
tower, and of this the two western bays of the nave arcade still remains. Early
in the 13th century, a south aisle was added and the chancel rebuilt and rather
later in the century a complete reconstruction took place which involved
pulling down the central tower and the formation of two arches in its place,
and the lengthening of the aisles. The aisles appear to have been widened in
the 14th century, and towards the end of that century the west tower was added
and the western arch of the nave arcade rebuilt. Finally, in about 1500, the
clearstory was added.
The spire was blown down in 1741 when the stump
was levelled off and finished in its present form. The church was restored in
1859, involving the rebuilding of the north aisle, the porch and the addition
of the vestry. The tower was restored in 1914.
Baptisms: (draft indexed: 1604-1626, 1673-1901), 1673-1793,
1773-1804, 1794-1812, 1813-1851, 1852-1882, 1882-1951.
Banns:
1754-1822, 1826-1938.
Marriages: (draft indexed: 1604-1626,
1674-1753, 1837-1901), 1674-1837 (indexed transcriptions with extracts
of baptisms 1673-1789),1674-1753, 1754-1812, 1837-1955, 1956-1965,
1965-1975, 1976-1982, 1982-1987, 1987-1992.
Burials (draft indexed:
1604-1626, 1674-1901), 1687-1791 (indexed transcriptions), 1674-1793,
1773-1804, 1794-1812.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1607-10, 1617-19,
1625-6/1627, 1673-7, 1683, 1688, 1694-5, 1702, 1704-16, 1718, 1720,
1722-53, 1755-8, 1760-2, 1764-5, 1789, 1793-1812/1813-21,
1823-4/1825-32, 1834-7, 1840-3, 1845, 1847.
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.
Hemingford Grey was originally in the Registration District of St Ives, which later became a sub-district of Huntingdon. Since 1 April 1997, the parish has been now in the Registration District of Huntingdon.
A GENWEB page for Hemingford
Grey is available.
An old map of the parish of Hemingford Grey in the 19th century can be viewed.
The war memorial with detailed information about those who fell is available on the Roll of Honour site for Huntingdonshire.
Population in 1801 - 354
Population in 1851 - 1258
Population
in 1901 - 861
Population in 1951 - 939
Population in 1971 -
2309
Population in 1991 - 2422
Hemingford Grey parish was part of the St Ives 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.
The Hemingfords Local History Society was founded in 1994 to enable
people to meet others who share an interest in local history of Hemingford
Abbots and Hemingford Grey. The Society aims to increase knowledge of earlier
times in the Hemingfords and the surrounding locality by research and the
exchange of information. Activities include a programme of talks and
visits
The Society meets on the third Thursday of each month from
September to May. Meetings are held in the Reading Rooms, High Street,
Hemingford Grey, at 7.30 pm. Contact the Secretary - Mrs Ronnie Fowdrey, Tel.
(within the UK) 01480-462823.
The parish consists of 1725 acres of land with 26 acres of land covered by water
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