Boxworth, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England   Cambridgeshire



Parish History
Boxworth St Peter is an Ancient parish, the church dates from the 12th century (nave) with subsequent addtions in the 14th century and Victorian restoration.

Storm damage in November 1636 required some rebuilding. There are several memorials within the church including that of Nicholas Saunderson (1682 – 19 April 1739) the Cambridge mathematician.

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
Parish Registers are held at Cambridge Record Office Bishop's Transcripts are held at the Cambridge University Library

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

Census records


Poor Law Unions
St Ives Poor Law Union, Huntingdonshire

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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.