Croydon cum Clapton, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Parishes

Guide to Croydon cum Clapton, Cambridgeshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
CROYDON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Caxton and Arrington, hundred of Armingford, county of Cambridge, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Caxton; including the ancient parish of Clapton. It is situated on the road from Royston to Huntingdon.

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
Parish registers for Croydon-cum-Clapton, 1672-1876 at FHL

Bishop's transcripts for Croydon-cum-Clapton, 1600-1846 at FHL

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Independent/Congregational

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
Croydon cum Clapton (Clopton) on GENUKI