Place:Heydon, Cambridgeshire, England

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NameHeydon
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.039°N 0.084°E
Located inCambridgeshire, England     (1895 - )
Also located inEssex, England     ( - 1895)
See alsoUttlesford Hundred, Essex, Englandhundred in which it was located
Melbourn Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district 1894-1934
South Cambridgeshire Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district 1934-1974
South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
NOTE: There are two parishes named Heydon: this one in Cambridgeshire and one in Norfolk. Do not confuse the two.


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Heydon is a village and civil parish which was transferred from the county of Essex to the county of Cambridgeshire in 1894.

The area of the parish is 862 hectares (2,130 acres) and in the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 243. It is situated very close to one of the highest places in Cambridgeshire, the nearby village of Great Chishill.

Holy Trinity church, in the centre of the village, was seriously damaged in a bombing raid in 1940. The south arcade was undamaged as was the chancel (which is from 1866) but the north aisle and the nave have been entirely rebuilt. Holy Trinity is now part of the "parish of the Icknield Way" together with the Chishills, Chrishall, Elmdon with Wenden Lofts and Strethall churches.

The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists, also passes close to the village.

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  • Original historical documents relating to Cambridgeshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS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