Hamerton, Huntingdonshire
Historical Description
Hamerton, a village and a parish in Huntingdonshire. The village stands on Alconbury brook, 9 miles NW from Huntingdon, and 7 SE from Bamwell station on the L. & N.W.R., and has a post office under Huntingdon; money order and telegraph office, Alconbury. The parish comprises 2184 acres; population, 179. The lord of the manor is sole landowner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £24.4: with residence. The church is Early English and very good, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and battlemented tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Huntingdonshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Hamerton All Saints | |
| Hundred | Leightonstone | |
| Poor Law union | Huntingdon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1752.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is a fine edifice of rubble stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and a western battlemented tower containing 4 bells: the modern stone pulpit is adorned with carvings of the Four Evangelists: the church was restored in 1864, at an expense of about £2,000: there are 200 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hamerton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hamerton (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hamerton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)