Newton (near Harston), Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Parishes

Guide to Newton (nr Cambridge), Cambridgeshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
NEWTON, a village and a parish in Wisbeach district, Cambridge. The village stands in the fens, near the boundaries with Norfolk and Lincoln, 1½ mile W of the river Nen, and 3¾ N by W of Wisbeach r. station. The parish contains also the hamlet of Fitton-End.

Newton, is a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; it is 1¼ mile S E of Harston railway station, and 6 miles S W of Cambridge. The post-office is under Cambridge.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Parish registers for Newton, near Harston, 1557-1905 at FHL

Bishop's transcripts for Newton (near Harston), 1599-1852 at FHL

An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Newton near Cambridge, 1557-1950 : baptisms, 1560-1950; marriages, 1557-1950; burials, 1560-1950; banns, 1754-1832 [later register lost]

Newton (near Cambridge), Cambridgeshire: baptisms, 1830-1969; marriages, 1828-1987; burials, 1813-1988

Non-Conformist Churches
None

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cambridgeshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Newton Near Cambridge on GENUKI