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1861 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Cambridgeshire:

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

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.