Duxford St Peter, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England   Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire Parishes

Duxford consisted historically of two neighbouring parishes:


 * St John see Duxford St John, Cambridgeshire
 * St Peter



Parish History
Duxford, is a parish and a sub-district in Linton district, Cambridge. The parish lies on the river Cam, near the Cambridge and London railway, between Chesterford and Whittlesford stations, it is 5½ miles W of Linton; and has a post office under Cambridge. Two parishes, St. Peter and St. John, were anciently in the area, they are now treated, as one parish. There is an Independent chapel.

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformists and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Linton Poor Law Union, Cambridgeshire

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