Arrington, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire Parishes

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

Parish History
ARRINGTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Caxton and Arrington, hundred of Wetherley, county of Cambridge, 5¼ miles (S. S. E.) from Caxton.

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 records begin in 1538
 * Bishop Transcrips begin in 1599

Records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library and through a Family History Center. Those films are:


 * Parish registers for Arrington, 1538-1877: 1040363 Items 21-23, 1040364 Items 1-2
 * Bishop's transcripts for Arrington, 1599-1869: 1485265 Items 1-2

Copies of the Parish registers are also available through the Society of Genealogists and the Cambridge Record Office.

Boyds Marriage Index covers 1538-1837 and is available on British Origins and FindMyPast.

Non-Conformist Churches
None

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

Websites
Arrington on GENUKI