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"BABRAHAM (anciently called Badburgham) is a parish and village, in a quiet rural spot on a branch of the river Granta at the foot of the Gog-Magog hills, 2 miles north from Pampisford station and 2¾ north-east from Whittlesford station both on the London North Eastern railway, 4½ north-west from Linton and 7 south-east from Cambridge, in the hundred of Chilford, union and petty sessional division of Linton county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of Camps and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The soil is gravel and chalk; subsoil chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,307 acres; the population in 1921 was 238."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Peter for the years 1709-1981 and within the church for the years 1723-1813 are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Babraham is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. Peter, situated in the park, about 100 yards west of the Hall, is a building of rubble, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, large north and south porches and an embattled western tower containing 2 bells: the chancel retains a piscina and sedilia, and has some Early English windows, and on the south side of the chancel arch is a trefoiled niche: the tower is a very early structure, perhaps pro-Norman, and has a rude arch: in the south aisle is a marble monument, with two figures, to Richard Bennet esq. ob. 1658, and Sir Thomas Bennet bart. ob. 1667, who were formerly owners of the parish; there are also several memorials to the Adeane family, bearing date 1802, 1847, 1870 and 1853: the church affords 250 sittings, 200 being free. The register dates from the year 1561."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Babraham, St. Peter: Records of baptisms 1561-1923, marriages 1561-1925, burials 1561-1812, and banns 1754-1812 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for all of these registers.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1641 and 1662-1857 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: Records exist for the Cambridge Wesleyan Circuit of which Babraham is part.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist for the Cambridge Primitive Circuit of which Babraham is part.
Genweb Cambridgeshire has details of the Kelly's 1929 description of Babraham.
"Near the village, standing in a park of about 200 acres, is Babraham Hall, a red-brick mansion with stone facings in the Elizabethan style, pleasantly situated in the centre of the park, and surrounded by gardens and pleasure grounds which have been laid on with great taste: it was rebuilt by the late Henry John Adeane esq. (grandfather of the present owner) in the year 1832, and is the property and residence of Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane esq. C.B., J.P. (Lord-Lieut. of the county), who is lord of the manor and principal landowner."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Babraham War Memorial has been transcribed and and the men researched, it stands in the village centre.
Land Tax: records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside in the Cambridge Record Office for the years 1759-63, 1789-1846 and 1865-1948.
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[Last updated 20 March 2003 Martin Edwards]