Sawtry
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The parish of Sawtry All Saints is now part of Sawtry Town (see link above). It originally appears to have had but little woodland, although Stalling Wood is mentioned in 1278. The parish was inclosed by Act of Parliament in 1804.
The Monumental Inscriptions of Sawtry All Saints 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 Sawtry is available as fiche set C111.
The full 1851 Census of Sawtry is available as fiche set C61.
A Surname Index of the 1881 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District, in which Sawtry All Saints was enumerated (RG11/1601, Folios 36a - 54a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C3.
A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Sawtry sub-District of the Huntingdon Registration District (RG12/1235) in which Sawtry (All Saints) was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, has also been produced by the Huntingdonshire FHS (as Fiche C-7).
The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
The previous church of Sawtry All Saints consisted of a chancel, nave, north
and south transepts, north and south aisles and a western tower with a low
broach spire. The tower and spire had been rebuilt in 1683, at which time,
presumably, the aisles were destroyed. The chancel was rebuilt about
1810.
The chancel of c.1810 was built of large stones but had no
buttresses; its roof was covered in tiles which overhung at eaves and gable,
and it was ceiled inside with a flat plaster ceiling which came much below the
apex of the chancel arch. The west tower of 1683 was probably built of re-used
14th century material. It had no buttresses except at the north-east and
south-east corners, where parts of the west wall of the nave and of the former
aisles had been re-modelled as large buttresses. Various coffin slabs from
Sawtry Abbey were placed in the church in 1850, with more which were already
there, but reversed in the pavement. This church was pulled down in 1879, when
a replacement was built.
The modern church consists of a chancel, organ
chamber and vestry on the north, nave, and north aisle. The walls are of
coursed rubble with stone-dressings, and the roofs are covered with tile. The
bell came from the old church and is probably 14th century in date.
Baptisms: 1591-1640, 1642-1692/3, 1693-1785, 1785-1812, 1813-1846,
1846-1928
Banns: 1755-1821, 1823-1853, 1853-1892, 1892-1943
Marriages:
1591-1641, 1642-1692/3, 1694-1753, 1755-1812, 1813-1838, 1837-1919, 1919-1933,
1933-1941, 1941-1948, 1949-1960, 1960-1971
Burials: 1591-1641 mostly
illegible, 1642-1693, 1694/5-1785, 1785-1812, 1813-1858, 1859-1913
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.
A GENWEB page for Sawtry All Saints is available.
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