Cambridgeshire

England,

United Kingdom

Introduction

Surnames

Ancestral GenSite(s)

List of Localities

Website Resources

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Introduction

Cambridgeshire also known, archaically, as the County of Cambridge; abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed from the historic county of Cambridgeshire, together with the former county of Huntingdonshire, the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough; it contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county town is Cambridge.

The following are surnames of persons, found within our databases,

as having been either born, married or died in this location.

CHAMBERLAIN;   CHAMBERLAYN;   FITZRALPH;   MAUDUIT;   MOLEYNS; 

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BERKSHIRE County, England

Ancestral GenSite(s)

Cambridge Castle

LOCATION: Coordinates 52° 12′ 43.03″ N, 0° 6′ 53.24″ E.  Cambridge Castle lies in the grounds of Shire Hall on Castle Street, on what is the highest point in Cambridge.  View a location map at our “Image Gallery”.

FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s): John de Moleyns died here in 1360, as well as his wife Egidia "Gille" Mauduit  in 1367.

INTERNET WEB LINK(s):  Sites in Cambridge City;  Cambridge Castle - Wikipedia

Kingston

LOCATION: Coordinates: 52°11′N 0°02′W / 52.18, -0.03.  Kingston is a parish about 8 miles north of Royston and 8 south-west from Cambridge.  See area map at our “Image Gallery”.

FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s): Constantin Chanmberlain born here in 1455.  Her father and mother Robert Chamberlayn (1430) and mother Elizabeth FitzRalph (1434) were also born here, was here grandfather John FitzRalph in 1412.  

INTERNET WEB LINK(s):  Cambridgeshire Churches; Kingston;  Kingston photos, maps, books, memories - Francis Frith Kingston (genuk);   Cambridgeshire Family History Society - Kingston 1891 Census;  

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Cambridgeshire,

England

List of Localities

The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage, death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have occurred.  Source:  Wikipedia

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland

These are the settlements in Cambridgeshire with a town charter, city status or a population over 5,000; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Cambridgeshire.

The town of Newmarket is surrounded on three sides by Cambridgeshire, being connected by a narrow strip of land to the rest of Suffolk.

Website Resources

We recommend that you use the following search engine and

external-links to obtain additional knowledge about this place.  

General

·         Website & Webpages We Like

·         United Kingdom and Ireland - rootsweb.com

·         GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy

·         UK Genealogy - The Portal for UK Family Research

·         Street Map UK

·         The Gazetteer of British Place Names - Main Page

·        Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping agency

·        Cyndi's List - United Kingdom & Ireland Index

·        IGI Batch Numbers-British Isles & North America

·        Genealogy SiteFinder: United Kingdom

·        A vision of Britain (on-line library for local history)

·        UK Genealogy Archives, Heraldry and Family History

·        List of places in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

·       Directory of Cities and Towns in United Kingdom

Locality Specific

• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Cambridgeshire.net community directory
• The Fens of North Cambridgeshire
• Cambridge Market Place Webcam
• Cambridgeshire Family History Society
• Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network

• Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
• Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
• High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
• Cambridgeshire local elections
• Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service  

Castle Mound, the original motte, as it appears today.

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