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| Name | Grafham |
| Alt names | Graffham | source: common 19th century spelling | | Perry | source: hamlet in parish | | East Perry | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.317°N 0.3°W |
| Located in | Huntingdonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Leightonstone Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | St. Neots Rural, Huntingdonshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 | | Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | district municipality of which it has been part since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Grafham is a small village and civil parish to the south of Huntingdon and northwest of St Neots. According to the UK census of 2011, the population of the civil parish was 630. This included the village of Perry (redirected here) at the southwest corner of the parish.
Until 1965 Grafham was located in the County of Huntingdonshire. After mergers in 1965 and 1974 the county became part of Cambridgeshire. It was part of the St. Neots Rural District until 1974 and is now in the Huntingdonshire administrative district of Cambridgeshire.
The village gives its name to the nearby reservoir, Grafham Water. The construction of the reservoir began in 1965. In 2011, the parish covered an area of 1,801 acres (729 hectares) and Grafham Water covered 1,992 acres (806.3 hectares) extending into the neighbouring parish of Great Staughton.
The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
- "GRAFFHAM, a parish in St. Neots [registration] district, Hunts; on the Kettering and Cambridge railway, 4½ miles ENE of Kimbolton. It has a [railway] station, and includes part of Perry hamlet. Post town: Buckden, under Huntingdon. Acres: 2,380. Real property: £2,258. Population: 328. Houses: 64. The property is divided among a few.
- "The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value: 199. Patron: the Duke of Manchester. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave, chancel, and aisles; and has a western tower, with broach spire. There are a public school, and charities, including town-lands, £50."
Perry
Perry is now a civil parish but prior to its formation (after 1974) it was divided into East Perry (in the civil parish of Grafham) and West Perry (in the civil parish of Great Staughton). It lies on the shore of Grafham Water.
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Research Tips
- Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
- The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for all the ancient parishes of Huntingdonshire and these can be purchased from the Society as pdfs.
- A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page. Volume 2 (published 1932) covers Hurstingstone and Toseland hundreds (index of parishes); Leightonstone and Norman Cross Hundreds (index of parishes) are found in Volume 3 (published 1936). Volume 1 is a part-volume describing the religious houses of the county.
- GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
- A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
- Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
- Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
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