Benwick

• The Monumental Inscriptions from the Baptist churchyard reside in the Cambridge Record Office. "There is a cemetery here, 28 perches in extent; it is under the control of the Parish Council. " [Kelly's Directory - 1929]

• The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridgeshire Archives and also at Wisbech Library. In addition the 1851 Census for Benwick is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Mary's Church, Benwick. This church was built in 1850/1 and demolished in 1983.

• "The church of St. Mary was erected in 1854, at a cost of £2,500, the money being raised under "Gilbert's Act," and constituting an annual charge upon the living until the whole amount, with interest, is paid off: the church is a edifice in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a western tower with spire containing a clock and one bell: the church was partially restored and the shire rebuilt in 1902, at cost of £300: there are sittings for about 400 persons. The register dates from the year 1851."
• "There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels." [Kelly's Directory - 1929]
• The church was demolished in 1983 and the parish re-united with Doddington. Funds are currently being raised to build a new ecumenical place of worship on the site of the old church, but this may take several years.

• Church of England
  • Benwick, St. Mary: Records of baptisms 1851-1979, marriages 1851-1978, burials 1851-1982, banns for 1851-1982 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1851-57 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
• Methodist
  • Wesleyan Methodist Church: Records exist at the Cambridgeshire Archives for the Chatteris Wesleyan Circuit of which Benwick is part.
  • Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist at the Cambridgeshire Archives for the Ely Primitive Circuit of which Benwick is part.

• Benwick

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL342903 (Lat/Lon: 52.494107, -0.024722), Benwick which are provided by:

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• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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• The Benwick War Memorial has been transcribed and and the men researched, the criteria for a persons name appearing on this memorial was that they had attended the Benwick day school.

• 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 Cambridgeshire Archives for the years 1798-1801 and 1946-1948.