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WOODDITTON
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
by Colin Hinson ©2013
"WOODDITTON, (or Ditchton Wood), a parish in the hundred of Cheveley, in the county of Cambridge, 3 miles south of Newmarket. An old trench, called the evil's Ditch, passes through the parish. It includes the hamlet of Little Ditton. The living is a vicarage consolidated with the rectory of St. Mary, Newmarket. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The tithes were commuted under an Enclosure Act in 1813. The charities produce about £3 per annum.
"SAXON STREET is a considerable hamlet in the parish of Woodditton, about 1 miles east from the Woodditton church. The church here, a plain structure of red brick, was erected in 1877 by Lady Adeliza Manners (d 1904) as a memorial to her husband, Lord George John Manners, of Cheveley Park, d. Sept 8,1874 divine service is held here every Sunday afternoon by the vicar of Woodditton. There is also a Primitive Methodist chapel, rebuilt in 1884. Kelly's Cambridgeshire 1929"
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
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- The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Mary are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1703-1982. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
- The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridgeshire Archives. In addition the 1851 Census for Wood Ditton is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
- The following churches have their own websites: St. Mary's Church, Woodditton
- "The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of flint in the Early English style, with Perpendicular additions, and consists of chancel, clerestoried and embattled nave, aisles, south porch and a western tower, which has been restored, and contains 5 bells: the church was restored and reseated in 1897-99 by the late Col. H. L. B. McCalmont M.P. at a cost of £5,000 and affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1567." [Kelly's Directory- Cambridgeshire - 1929]
- Church of England
- Wood Ditton, St. Mary: Records of baptisms 1567-1966, marriages 1567-1971, burials 1567-1929 and banns for 1755-1812, 1845-1934 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives, indexed transcripts exist for these records for the years 1567-1812. The parish register transcripts, 1567-1812, are available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search) The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 16569-1641 and 1663-1836 can be found in the the Suffolk Record Office, microfilm copies being held at the Cambridgeshire Archives for the years 1569-1641, 1663-99.
- Saxon Street, Holy Trinity: A register of baptisms only is held at the church for from 1937.
- Methodist
- Wood Ditton Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist for the Wickhambrook Primitive Circuit of which Wood Ditton is part.
- The Wood Ditton with Saxon Street community website for anyone with an interest in the village, whether resident, or with present or past connections.
- A transcript of the Woodditton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
- A transcript of the WoodDitton parish entries from 1929 Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Woodditton to another place.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL657591 (Lat/Lon: 52.205217, 0.423467), Woodditton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- 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.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The War Memorial Plaque in the Church has been transcribed and the men researched.
- Two courts cover Wood Ditton as follows:
- Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury: Jurisidiction in various parishes including Ashley cum Silverley which were in the diocese of Norwich until they were transferred to the diocese of Ely in 1837.
- Records are held at the Suffolk Record Office covering Wills, 1439-1857, administrations, 1544-46, 1568-93, 1605-12, 1630-1858, inventories, 1573-76, 1617, 1625, 1640, 1650-1747. Index to wills to 1535 are published in Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, volume 12 and of all records to 1700 in the Index Library of the British Records Society, volumes 95 and 96.
- Consistory Court of Norwich: Records are held at the Norfolk Record Office. Wills 1370-1857, administrations, 1370-1499, 1549-1640, 1666-1857, inventories, 1584-1846. There is an index to wills covering 1370-1857 published by the Norfolk Record Society, volumes 16, 21, 34, 38 and 47.
- Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury: Jurisidiction in various parishes including Ashley cum Silverley which were in the diocese of Norwich until they were transferred to the diocese of Ely in 1837.