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"STEEPLE MORDEN is a parish, on the borders Hertfordshire; the village is 3 miles north from Ashwell station on the Hitchin, Royston and Cambridge section of the London and North Eastern railway (which is within the boundary of this parish), 43 miles from London and 5 north-west from Royston, in the hundred of Armingford, petty sessional division of Arrington and Melbourn, union and county court district of Royston, rural deanery of Shingay, archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The manor of Steeple Morden was formerly owned by the Fitzwalter family. The principal land-owners are St. John's College, Cambridge, William F. Hunt esq. Francis William Bertram Parrish esq. and Messrs. John Inns & Sons. The Cambridge and Herts County Councils have acquired several hundred acres of land in this and the adjoining parish of Guilden Morden, for the purposes of small holdings. The soil is marl and chalk; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and peas. The area is 3,846 acres; the population in 1921 was 696."
NORTH BROOK END is 2 miles north-east."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire 1929]
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1841 and 1851 Census for Steeple Morden is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of SS, Peter sad Paul is a building of stone and flint in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a low south tower with shingled spire containing one bell: the organ was presented by the Rev. R. E. Green B.A. vicar 1886-1902: the church was restored in 1869 at a cost of £2,500, and affords 320 sittings. In the church yard is a cross of Portland stone, erected in memory of the men connected with this parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18. The register dates from the year 1675."
"There is a Wesleyan chapel rebuilt in 1863, and a public recreation ground."
[Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire 1929]
Steeple Morden, Ss Peter and Paul: Records of baptisms 1675-1876, marriages 1675-1840, burials 1675-1754, 1765-1934 and banns 1754-1810, 1824-1955 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. Index transcripts of baptisms and burials 1599-41, 1660-1851 and marriages 1599-41, 1660-1840 also reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The parish register transcripts for the years 1599-1851 are available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1640, 1660-84, 1720-1835 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: There is a Wesleyan Methodist Index of baptisms for the years 1858-1978 for Steeple Morden which resides in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the baptisms from the Biggleswade Wesleyan Circuit, Bedfordshire for Steeple Morden have been transcribed for the years 1838-97.
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 1798 (on microfilm) and 1810-1948.
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