Place:Haddenham, Isle of Ely, England

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NameHaddenham
Alt namesHaddenhamsource: from redirect
Hadrehamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 47
Aldrethsource: hamlet in parish
Hill Rowsource: hamlet in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.35°N 0.15°E
Located inIsle of Ely, England     (1889 - 1965)
Also located inCambridgeshire, England     ( - 1889)
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, England     (1965 - 1974)
Cambridgeshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoSouth Witchford Hundred, Cambridgeshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Ely Rural, Isle of Ely, Englandrural district 1894-1974
East Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974

NOTE: In 1889 Cambridgeshire was separated into two sections:

The existence of two counties was to last until 1965 when they came back together as Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. But in 1974 the area, under a new type of administration, reverted to the name Cambridgeshire. For more discussion of this situation, see Isle of Ely, England. In keeping with the policies of WeRelate, all the places within the Isle of Ely during its existence include "Isle of Ely" in their placenames instead of "Cambridgeshire".

A process is built in so that the places can be redirected to the Isle of Ely if they are originally referred to as Cambridgeshire.


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Haddenham is a villageand civil parish now in Cambridgeshire, England, but in Isle of Ely, England from 1894 until 1965. In the 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 3,228, increasing to 3,344 in the 2011 UK census. The latter figure included the hamlet of Aldreth.

Holy Trinity Church dates from the 13th century and was extensively remodelled in the 19th century. Haddenham Baptist chapel dates from the late 18th century and the present building from 1905.

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).

"HADDENHAM, a village, a parish, and a [registration] sub-district in Ely [registration] district, Cambridge. The village stands in the fens, 3 miles N of the Old West river, and 6½ SW of Ely [railway] station; and has a post office under Ely. The parish includes also the hamlets of Aldreth and Hill Row. Acres: 8,912. Real property £20,047. Population: 1,976. Houses: 413.
"The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the priory of Rochester; and belongs now to the Earl of Hardwicke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value: £235. Patron: the Archdeacon of Ely. The church stands on a slight acclivity; is about three centuries old; has a lofty spire, visible for many miles; and was in 1865 in disrepair. A new burial ground was formed in 1862. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and two free schools with £74 and £38; and one of the schools was rebuilt by subscription in 1863."

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.
  • 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
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