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Name | Hardwick |
Alt names | Harduic | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 47 | | Hardwicke | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.2133°N 0.119°E |
Located in | Cambridgeshire, England |
See also | Longstow Hundred, Cambridgeshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Caxton and Arrington Rural, Cambridgeshire, England | rural district 1894-1934 | | South Cambridgeshire Rural, Cambridgeshire, England | rural district 1934-1974 | | South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- the text in this section has been condensed from an article in Wikipedia
Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the city of Cambridge. The village lies immediately south of the A428 road between Cambridge and St. Neots. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the newly developed village of Cambourne. The village is nearly on the Prime Meridian. In the 2001 UK census, the population was 2,630 in 946 households, increasing to 2,670 in 1,017 households at the 2011 UK census.
History
Historically, the hamlet of Hardwick is hundreds of years old with the first recorded mention in 991 AD and an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. Hardwick used to consist of just a few houses and farmland around St. Mary's Church, on what is now the southern edge of the village. There are two sites with original water pumps, one near the church and the other quite central just off Pump Lane. The village bakery was sited next to a row of houses just to the east of the pub at the end closest to the church, and the only remnant is the shell of the building which has become a garage.
Hardwick has expanded greatly since the 1960s, mainly due to an estate of hundreds of houses built on the orchard land to the north of the original hamlet, with the roads taking the names of the displaced trees (e.g. "Ellison", "Bramley", "Limes", "Pippin", "Quince", "Worcester", etc).
Research Tips
- Original historical documents relating to Cambridgeshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS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 many if not all the ancient parishes of Cambridgeshire and these can be purchased from the Society as separate pdfs.
- A History of the County of Cambridge. Seven 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. From the numbering it would appear that some parts of the county are yet to be published online, but the first two volumes for any county are of little interest to the genealogist. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each parish is listed in the volume's content page.
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3, the City (Cambridge) and University of Cambridge (published 1959)
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; North Ely and South Ely, Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds (the cathedral city and liberty of Ely and the rural areas to the west and northwest, including the port of Wisbech) (published 2002)
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 5, the Hundreds of Longstowe and Wetherley, west of Cambridge (published 1973)
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 6, the three Hundreds of Chilford, Radfield and Whittlesford (in the south of the county, on the border with Essex) (published 1978)
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 8, Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds (south and west of Cambridge) (published 1982)
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 9, Chesterton, Northstowe, and Papworth Hundreds (the suburban and rural areas to the north and northwest of Cambridge) (published 1989)
- A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 10, Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (northeastern Cambridgeshire) (published 2002)
- GENUKI has a page on Cambridgeshire 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. Each parish page includes a map of the parish provided by Open Street Maps.
- 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" for each parish and borough leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974.
- Map of Cambridgeshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
- Map of Cambridge divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
Categories: Cambridgeshire, England | Hardwick, Cambridgeshire, England | Longstow Hundred, Cambridgeshire, England | Caxton and Arrington Rural, Cambridgeshire, England | South Cambridgeshire Rural, Cambridgeshire, England | South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
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