Witchford, Cambridgeshire
Historical Description
Witchford, a parish, with a village, in Cambridgeshire, 3 miles W by S of Ely station on the G.E.R., with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ely. Acreage, 2156; population of the civil parish, 428; of the ecclesiastical, 452. There is a parish council of five members and a chairman. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net value, £300 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The church is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, and was well restored in 1887. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cambridgeshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Witchford St. Nicholas | |
Hundred | South Witchford | |
Poor Law union | Ely |
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 Witchford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Witchford (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Witchford 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.