Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Papworth Everard, a parish in Cambridgeshire, on the borders of Huntingdonshire, 3 miles NNW of Caxton, and 6 SE of Huntingdon station on the main line of the G.N.R. It has a post office under St Ives; money order and telegraph office, Caxton. Acreage, 1139; population, 13 4. Papworth Hall is a mansion in the Classic style standing in pleasure grounds of about 10 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £154 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and an embattled tower and spire.

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 Papworth Everard from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Papworth St. Everard (St. Peter))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Papworth Everard 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.