Haddenham, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Haddenham, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands in the Fens, 3 miles N from the Old West river, and has a station on the G.E.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office, under Ely. The parish includes also the hamlets of Aldreth South and Hill Row West. Acreage, 8924; population, 1719. 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; net value, £210 with residence. Patron, the Archdeacon of Ely. The church, which is dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a beautifully restored structure of late 13th century, and stands on the site of one supposed to have been built by Ovin, steward to Queen Etheldreda, in 673 A.D. The tower is still unfinished, and when surmounted by a spire will be visible in every direction across the Fens. In the village are two wells, much resorted to by pilgrims from Ely in ancient days for purposes of healing; both these wells are mineral springs of considerable strength, one being equal to Harrogate waters. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and an endowed school for boys which was founded in 1640.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Haddenham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Haddenham (Holy Trinity))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Haddenham 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)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cambridgeshire papers online:

• Cambridge Independent Press
• Cambridge Chronicle and Journal
• Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Cambridgeshire 1575 and 1619 is available online.