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Genealogical and Historical Records
from
Swaffham Prior Parish
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior
Introduction
Like many English parishes, Swaffham Prior has a generous series of records which contain genealogical information that stretches back to the time of the Domesday Book. I have steadily been collecting together many of these documents and will add them to this web site as and when I have the time so to do.
Many of my records are pre-Victorian as this is where my main interest in the parish lies. However, I am slowly collecting together some of the later material and will publish this also. Although the range of documents presented here is rather esoteric, some should prove to be useful to genealogists and local historians. Please contact me if you have any comments, corrections or if you have any information that I could add.
paulmchambers@paulmchambers.co.uk
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For Local News, Views and Articles visit the Swaffham Crier magazine
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General Descriptions of the Parish
(The directories include names of those people with a profession)
An Annotated Map of Modern Swaffham Prior
Lyson's Magna Britannica, circa 1820
Pigot and Co.'s 1839 Directory for Cambridgeshire
The 1851 Gazette and Directory for Cambridgeshire
The 1875 Post Office Directory for Cambridgeshire
Kelly's 1904 Directory for Cambridgeshire
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Taxation Records and Surveys
A Complete List of Taxation Records Held at the Public Record Office
Domesday Book (One of the earliest written records for the parish from 1086)
The 1279 'Hundred Rolls' (Extensive survey of the parish taken in 1279)
Lay Subsidy for 1326 (fully transcribed)
Taxation for 1523 (fully transcribed)
Taxation for 1558 (mostly transcribed)
Taxation for 1593 (fully transcribed)
Taxation for 1641 (fully transcribed)
Receiver of the Scotch Loan, 1645 (fully transcribed)
Other Partially Transcribed Taxation Records for 1377 to 1674
List of Subsidy Records for Cambridgeshire 1250 to 1674 (List of taxation sources for all of Cambridgeshire)
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Property Records
Churches
Other Notable Buildings
1347 Terrier de Shadworth Manor (A list of manorial tenants from the year before the black death)
1473 Terrier de Shadworth Manor (A list of manorial tenants)
1491 Terrier de Shadworth Manor (A list of manorial tenants from the late 15th century)
1817 Field Map (A list of landowners and tenants in the parish from 1817)
Records from the Inquisition Post Mortem (Records concerning large landowners)
Records from the Feet of Fines
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Swaffham Prior Families
The Chambers Family (General History and Wills)
The Drury Family (General History and Family Trees)
The Waters Family (General History and Wills)
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Poll Books
(List of people eligible to vote in elections, mostly landowners)
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Probate Records
(Wills, inventories and other records concerning death)
A List of PCC Wills from Swaffham Prior
Chambers Wills from Swaffham Prior
Other Transcribed Wills from Swaffham Prior
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Inscriptions, Monuments and Brasses
Inscriptions inside St Cyriac's Church
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Miscellaneous Other Records
Assizes for 1260 for the Hundred of Staine
The Gaol Delivery Roll for 1332
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Main Sources for Swaffham Prior Documents
Records held at the Public Record Office
Records held at the British Library
Records held at Cambridge University Library
Records held at the Bodelian Library, Oxford
Records held at the Cambridge County Record Office
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Newspaper Articles
The Times [London], 30th October 1832 - A Great Fire on a Farm
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