Oakington, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Oakington (formerly Hockington), a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands adjacent to the Cambridge line of the G.E.R., 1¾ mile NE of the Via Devana, and 4½ miles NW of Cambridge, has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Cambridge; telegraph office, Cottenhain. The parish contains also the hamlet of Westwick. Acreage, 2025; population, 480. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £150 with residence. Patron, Queen's College, Cambridge. The church, which is a building of stone chiefly in the Decorated style, consists of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower. It has been several times repaired, and in 1850 there were found, under its ancient reading-desk, a lid-covered stone coffin and three massive stone coffin lids of the 14th century. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels, and some small charities.

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

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Oakington from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Oakington (St. Andrew))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Oakington 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.