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| Name | Orton Waterville |
| Alt names | Ovretone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 141 | | Ovretune | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 141 | | Orton Cherry | source: section of the parish | | Orton-Cherry | source: hyphenated |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.55°N 0.3°W |
| Located in | Huntingdonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Norman Cross Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Norman Cross Rural, Huntingdonshire, England | rural district in which it was located until 1974 | | Peterborough District, Cambridgeshire, England | unitary authority of which it has been a part since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Until 1965 Orton Waterville was in the County of Huntingdonshire, England. Due to two mergers of counties in 1965 and 1974, it is now located in Cambridgeshire. It is one of a number of villages all prefaced with "Orton" that now make up a "new town" or suburb of Peterborough. Wikipedia lists all the villages but most are 20th century housing developments.
Orton Waterville retains a village atmosphere and contains many thatched and stone built cottages and the 13th-century parish church of St Mary's. It once had its own Orton Waterville railway station, but both the station and the line it stood on have now closed.
The following excerpt from a late 19th century gazetteer shows that Orton Waterville was once known as Orton Cherry. The parish registers all use the name Orton Cherry. Overton was more used with the neighbouring parish of Orton Longueville.
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).
- "ORTON-CHERRY, ORTON-WATERVILLE, or Overton-Waterville, a parish, with a small village, in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; near the river Nen, at the boundary with Northamptonshire, ½ a mile S S E of Overton [railway] station, and 3 S W by W of Peterborough. Post-town: Peterborough. Acres: 1,350. Real property: £2,389. Population: 299. Houses: 69.
- "The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Pembroke College, Cambridge; and came to it, in 1480, from Archbishop Booth. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value: £354. Patron: Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church is early English, in good condition; and consists of nave and chancel, with S porch and embattled tower There are a national school, and charities £12."
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Orton, Peterborough.
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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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