Barton, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire Parishes

Parish History
BARTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Chesterton, hundred of Wetherley, county of Cambridge, 3½ miles (W. S. W.) from Cambridge. Baptist is the only identified non-Church of England denomination in Barton.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Church of England: Barton, St. Peter

• Parish records begin in 1688 • Bishop Transcripts begin in 1600

&gt;Parish registers for Babraham, 1600-1851 are on FHL Fiche # 6360268 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center. &gt;Bishop Transcripts for Barton, 1600-1851 are on FHL Film # 1818362 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center.

Non-Conformist:

Baptist is the only identified non-Church of England denomination in Barton. These records are located at the Cambridgeshire Archives.

Census records


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