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| Name | Great Paxton |
| Alt names | Pachstone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 141 | | Parchestune | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 141 |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.25°N 0.233°W |
| Located in | Huntingdonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Toseland Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | St. Neots Rural, Huntingdonshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1965 | | Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Great Paxton is a village and civil parish now in Cambridgeshire, England lying 2.6 miles (4.2 km) north of the town of St. Neots in the valley of the river Great Ouse.
The population was 1,007 in the 2011 UK census. Despite its name, the village of Great Paxton is much smaller than the neighbouring village of Little Paxton.
Until 1965 Great Paxton 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 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).
- "PAXTON (Great), a parish, with a village, in St. Neots [registration] district, Hunts; on the river Ouse and the Great Northern railway, 2 miles S S W of Offord [railway] station, and 3 N N E of St. Neots. Post-town: Buckden, under Huntingdon. Acres: 1, 120. Real property: £2,039. Population: 411. Houses: 81. Paxton-Hill House is the seat of E. Towgood, Esq.
- "The living is a vicarage, united with the [perpetual] curacies of Little Paxton and Toseland, in the diocese of Ely. Value: £300. Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £8."
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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- Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS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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