Heritage Lottery Fund Estates Records Project
The King's College estates records for Cambridgeshire refer to College lands in the following manors:
Abington, Barrington, Barton, Cambridge, Chesterton, Coton, Cottenham, Coveney, Denny, Elmdon, Fen Ditton, Fen Drayton, Foxton, Grantchester, Haddenham, Harlton, Hatley, Isleham, Kingston, Little Shelford, Long Stanton, Madingley, Merton Hall, Milton, Pampisford, Shingay, Swaffham Bulbeck, Tadlow and Wimpole.
From this page you can view images of selected documents from the Cambridgeshire records, visit the online catalogue for each estate, provided through Janus, or download a copy of the county catalogue in Microsoft Word format.
- Image Gallery
- Links to the online catalogue by estate
- Complete county catalogue in Word format
- Related links
Image Gallery
Here are some examples of documents taken from the Cambridgeshire records.
Click on the thumbnail images to view a larger version.
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Alice Druel's Quitclaim, c. 1200 Ref: KCAR/6/2/13/8 BAR/8 |
| Estate map of Grantchester and Coton, 1865 Ref: KCAR/6/2/68/8 GRA/893 |
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Deed of Covenant between King's and Queen's Colleges, 1913 Ref: KCAR/6/2/27/11 CAM/150 |
| Isleham Church Photograph, c. 1866 Ref: KCAR/6/2/91/16 ISL/22 |
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Elizabethan lease, 1595 Ref: KCAR/6/2/27/4 CAM/111 |
| Bargain and Sale of land in Chesterton, 1518 Ref: KCAR/6/2/35/3 CHS/2 |
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Royal Letters Patent, 1535 Ref: KCAR/6/2/27/2 CAM/49 |
| Counterpart Bargain and Sale of land in Coton, 1574 Ref: KCAR/6/2/42/7 COT/22 |
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Bond between John Finch and John Wythe, 1664 Ref: KCAR/6/2/27/1/3 CAM/71 |
Links to the JANUS online catalogue
Click here to visit the online catalogue pages for the estates in Cambridgeshire:
- Abington
- Barrington
- Barton
- Cambridge
- Chesterton
- Coton
- Cottenham
- Coveney
- Denny
- Elmdon
- Fen Ditton
- Fen Drayton
- Foxton
- Grantchester
- Haddenham
- Harlton
- Hatley
- Isleham
- Kingston
- Little Shelford
- Long Stanton
- Madingley
- Merton Hall
- Milton
- Pampisford
- Shingay
- Swaffham Bulbeck
- Tadlow
- Wimpole
Complete catalogue for Cambridgeshire
Click on the links below to view the catalogue for the Cambridgeshire records. Please note the Microsoft Word version of the catalogue is not kept as up-to-date as the online version, available through Janus. You are advised to look at the online version if possible.
[Please note you will need Microsoft Word '97 or later in order to view the documents correctly, and they may take some time to download.]
The county catalogue has been arranged alphabetically by estate, but if you are interested in a particular town or village within Cambridgeshire, you can also download Word catalogues for each estate separately. See the full list of estates here.
If you are interested in viewing any of the documents from the Cambridgeshire estate records, please Contact the Archive Centre
to arrange an appointment.
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Related links
[Links will open in a new window]- Cambridgeshire County Record Office
- Cambridgeshire Association for Local History
- Cambridgeshire Family History Society
- GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy: Cambridgeshire History Societies Listing
All links were current as of April 2007.
