Bassingbourn with Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England   Cambridgeshire   Cambridgeshire Parishes

Parish History
BASSINGBOURNE (St. Peter), aparish, in the union of Royston, hundred of Armingford, county of Cambridge, 3¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Royston; containing, with the hamlet of Kneesworth.

Bassingbourn is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire. Other places in this parish include Kneesworth. Sites that provide additional details on the history of this parish are:


 * Genuki.org.uk
 * Cambridges Churches
 * Cambridge History

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: Bassingbourne


 * Parish records begin in 1558
 * Bishop Transcripts begin in 1599

&gt;Parish registers for Bassingbourne, 1558-1851 are on FHL Film # 990376 Items 1 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center. &gt;Bishop Transcripts for Bassingbourne, 1599-1859 are on FHL Film # 1818363 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center.

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

Web sites
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