Cambridge St Mary the Less, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

Guide to Cambridge St Mary the Less, Cambridgeshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Cambridge St Mary the Less is a parish in Cambridge. The church of St. Mary the Less, adjoining St. Peter’s College, in Trumpington street, is an ancient building of stone, in the Decorated style. The register dates from the year 1558. See Cambridge for more information.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

Church Records
Cambridge St Mary the Less parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Copies of parish registers are also available through the Society of Genealogists and the Cambridge Archives.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * Baptist
 * Particular Baptist
 * Independent
 * Presbyterian
 * Society of Friends/Quaker
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints

Census Records
Information on these records is available on the Wiki page for Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cambridgeshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Cambridge St Mary the Less on GENUKI