Huntingdonshire Parishes - Hemingford Grey
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Brief
Description:
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HEMINGFORD (GREY), a parish in the hundred of TOSELAND, county of HUNTINGDON, 1¾ mile (W. by S.) from St. Ives, containing 475 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king’s books at £9.16.10., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. James. The river Ouse passes the village. Cowper, the poet, wrote "The Dog and the Water Lily" when on a visit here. This
extract is from "Samuel Lewis Topographical Gazeetter - 1831"
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Hundred:
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TOSELAND |
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Registration
District:
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Hemingford Grey was originally in the Registration District of St Ives, which later became a sub-district of Huntingdon. Since 1 April 1997, the parish has been now in the Registration District of Huntingdon. |
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First
Appearance of Name:
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Hemingford - Charter - 973. |
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Available
Bookstall items:
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1841
Census |
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Links:
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GENUKI
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Updated on: 2 December 2001
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