Huntingdonshire
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Gillinge, Gellinge, Ghellinge (xi cent.), Gillinges, Gylling (xii-xv cent.), Illyng (xvi cent.).
During the period that Huntingshire exercised its county status, the small parish of Yelling bordered on Cambridgeshire on all sides but the west. The land is heavy clay producing cereals and beans. the land rises gently from about 100 ft. above sea-level in the north to about 200 ft. in the south.
The village lies in the north of the parish on a road branching westwards from the main road from Potton in Bedfordshire to St. Ives. This branch road crosses a stream in the middle of the village by a bridge which underwent repairs in 1545-6. The church is on the north side of the road towards the east end of the village. Around it are several farms, and the Rectory is on the north.
At the Manor farm, a little to the west, the roads forks with the main road going on to Toseland, having the Baptist Chapel (built in 1850) and a windmill (mentioned in 1307) a little way along it. There are several 17th century cottages scattered in the village.
Monumental Inscriptions from the Parish Churchyard (approximately 241 entries) are available as fiche set M24 from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The full 1841 Census of Yelling Parish is available as fiche set C107 from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
The full 1851 Census of Yelling Parish is available as fiche set C57 from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Huntingdonshire (Miscellaneous Parishes) Registration District in which Yelling was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, is available as Fiche C16 from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
OS Grid Square TL 263625.
The church of the Holy Cross consists of a chancel, nave, north
aisle, south aisle, west tower and south porch. The walls are of rubble
with stone and clunch dressings, and the roofs are covered with slates
and lead.
The church is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but
the oldest part extant is the north arcade of the nave (c.1180-90) which
probably indicates the addition of a north aisle to an already existing nave.
Late in the 13th century, a south aisle was added, and a little later the
chancel was rebuilt and, doubtlessly,
enlarged.
The end of the 14th century saw considerable
alterations: the clearstory was added to the nave, the tower and south
porch were built, and the walls of the chancel altered and raised. The
church was restored in 1730, the north aisle was rebuilt in 1868-9, and
the south aisle and porch in 1889.
Baptisms: 1583-1713, 1717-1742, 1742/3-1799, 1800-1812, 1810,
1813-1897.
Banns: 1754-1812.
Marriages: 1583-1712, 1719-1742,
1742-1760, 1754-1812, 1813-1837, 1838-1961.
Burials: 1583-1712/3,
1717-1742, 1742-1799, 1800-1811, 1813-1878 are available on
microfilm.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1608-9, 1612, 1617-19,
1625-7/1673-4, 1680, 1684, 1686-8, 1690-6, 1698-1702, 1706-16, 1718,
1720, 1722-4, 1726-8, 1730-40, 1742-9, 1751-4, 1766-71, 1776-8, 1780-1,
1783-4, 1789-1813/1813-15, 1817-18, 1820-4/1825-8, 1830-5, 1837-59.
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.
Yelling was in the Caxton Registration District of Cambridgeshire from 1st July 1837.
A GENWEB page for Yelling is available.
An old map of the parish of Yelling in the 19th century is available.
Population in 1801 - 253.
Population in 1851 - 386.
Population
in 1901 - 242.
Population in 1951 - 220.
Population in 1971 -
298.
Population in 1991 - 278.
The parish of Yelling was part of the Caxton Union of Cambridgeshire for Poor Law administration.
The parish of Yelling occupies 1848 acres of land.
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