Place:Yelling, Huntingdonshire, England

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NameYelling
Alt namesYellingsource: from redirect
Gellinge (11th century)source: Wikipedia
Gylling (12th-15th century)source: Wikipedia
Illyng (16th century)source: Wikipedia
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.25°N 0.15°W
Located inHuntingdonshire, England     ( - 1965)
Also located inHuntingdon and Peterborough, England     (1965 - 1974)
Cambridgeshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoToseland Hundred, Huntingdonshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
St. Neots Rural, Huntingdonshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality of which it has been part since 1974
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Yelling is a linear village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire administrative district of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) east of St. Neots and 6 miles (10 km) south of Huntingdon. Yelling was located in the county of Huntingdonshire until 1965 when it was merged into Cambridgeshire.

Its toponym has had various spellings in recorded history, including Gellinge (11th century), Gylling (12th–15th century) and Illyng (16th century). The name is thought to be derived from the family of Gill or Gell who held the manor. The village was listed as "Gelinge", "Gellinge" and "Ghellinge" in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was part of the Hundred of Toseland.

In 1932 the village was noted for its 17th-century houses and cottages, many of which are in the High Street. Church Farmhouse is a red-brick 17th-century house with a double-pile plan. The Old Forge is a 17th-century timber-framed house.

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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  • Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS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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