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1881 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Cambridgeshire:

Abington Pigotts Haddenham Shingay
All Saints Hardwick Shudy Camps
Arrington Harlton Soham
Ashley Harston St Andrew Less
Babraham Haslingfield St Andrew the Great
Balsham Hatley St George St Andrew the Less
Barrington Hauxton St Benedict
Bartlow Hildersham St Botolph
Barton Hinxton St Clement
Bassingbourn Histon St Edward
Bassingbourne Holy Trinity St George
Benwick Holy Trinity and St Mary St Giles
Borough Green Horningsea St Mary
Bottisham Horseheath St Mary the Great
Bourn Ickleton St Mary the Less
Boxworth Impington St Michael
Brinkley Isleham St Michaels
Burwell Kennett St Peter
Caldecot Kingston Stanton All Saints
Cambridge Kirtling Stapleford
Carlton Knapwell Steeple Morden
Castle Camps Kneesworth Stetchworth
Caxton Landbeach Stretham
Chatteris Leverington Sutton
Cherryhinton Linton Swaffham Bulbeck
Chesterton Litlington Swaffham Prior
Cheveley Little Abington Swavesey
Chippenham Little Eversden Tadlow
Comberton Little Gransden Teversham
Conington Little Shelford The College
Coton Littleport The Holy Sepulchre
Cottenham Littleport Cambs Thorney
Coveney Lolworth Thriplow
Croxton Long Stowe Tid St Giles
Croydon cum Clapton Lt Wilbraham Toft
Doddington Madingley Trumpington
Downham Manea Upwell Cambs
Dry Drayton March Vessels
Dullingham Melbourn Waterbeach
Duxford Meldreth Welches-Dam
East Hatley Mepal Wendy
Elm Milton Wentworth
Elsworth Newmarket All Sts West Wickham
Eltisley Newton West Wratting
Ely St Mary Oakington Westley Waterless
Ely Trinity Orwell Weston Colville
Fen Ditton Outwell Cambs Whaddon
Fen Drayton Over Whittlesey
Fordham Pampisford Whittlesford
Foulmire Papworth Everard Wicken
Foxton Papworth St Agnes Wilburton
Fulbourn Parson Drove Willingham
Gamlingay Quy Wimblington
Girton Rampton Wimpole
Grantchester Saint Andrew the Less Wisbech
Graveley Saint Andrew the Less Cambridge Wisbech St Mary
Great Abington Saint Giles Wisbech St Peter
Great Eversden Saint Peter Witcham
Great Shelford Sawston Witchford
Great Wilbraham Shelford Cambs Wood Ditton
Guilden Morden Shepreth

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.