Place:Denton and Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, England

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NameDenton and Caldecote
Alt namesDenton & Caldecotesource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.478°N 0.313°W
Located inHuntingdonshire, England     ( - 1965)
Also located inHuntingdon and Peterborough, England     (1965 - 1974)
Cambridgeshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoDenton, Huntingdonshire, Englandparish which joined to form Denton and Caldecote in 1935
Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, Englandparish which joined to form Denton and Caldecote in 1935
Norman Cross Rural, Huntingdonshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality of which it has been part since 1974

In 1935 the civil parish of Denton and Caldecotewas formed from the hamlets and individual civil parishes of Caldecote and Denton in the Norman Cross Rural District in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Until 1965 the civil parish was located near Glatton and southwest of Yaxley.

After mergers in 1965 and 1974 the county of Huntingdonshire became the Huntingdonshire District, part of the county of Cambridgeshire.

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  • Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS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