Wimpole Burials 1800-1863

Burials 1800-1863
St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole

The Registers for the Parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, were originally
transcribed and indexed by T.P.R. Layng in March 1983.
The 165 page document was typed by C.L. and A.E. Hatton.
Additional research and indexing for this website by Steve Odell.

Key to Listings

The date given is the date of burial, and not the date of death.
The original spelling of names (as transcribed) has been retained.
(B.T.) refers to Bishop's Transcripts 1599-1812.
(+) after surname indicates entry in the Wimpole Churchyard Register.
[MI:] Additional details from Monumental Inscription.
Names that appear in the Wimpole Registers have been Indexed Alphabetically.
[Information, notes and comments additional to the Registers are shown within square brackets]

Parish Burial Registers: 1560-1599, 1600-1699, 1700-1799 and 1800-1863.

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Wimpole Burials 1800-1863

1800
4 January 1800	CHALLAND	Susanna, from Royston
25 May 1800	HEALY	Anne, widow
8 June 1800	MUNSEY	James, labourer
24 July 1800	WALKER	Elizabeth, from Arrington
27 August 1800	GOATS	Morris, labourer
1 September 1800	COOPER	William, son of James and Elizabeth
14 September 1800	LONG	Robert, son of George and Jane
27 November 1800	THEOBALD	Samuel, son of [blank] from Great Gransden
16 December 1800	SMITH	Elizabeth, from Royston
25 December 1800	MATTHEWS	James, son of Thomas and Anne

1801
30 January 1801	BROWN	William
23 March 1801	HEWITT	Sarah, wife of Thomas
28 March 1801	YORKE	Joseph John, [youngest] son of Philip and Elizabeth, Earl and Countess of Hardwicke. [1800-1801 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
15 May 1801	BURNISTON	William, killed by falling off his horse.
2 July 1810	MUNNS	Thomas, farmer
14 September 1801	YORKE	The Hon John [1728-1801 = Yorke Family Tree]
23 September 1801	BURKITT	Mary, widow
19 November 1801	EVANS	Sarah, spinster

1802
22 March 1802	MUNNS	William
27 April 1802	PETT	Stephen, son of William and Mary (B.T. Sarah)
2 May 1802	GOATS	John
3 June 1802	PRATT	Mary Anne, daughter of John and Sarah
6 July 1802	CHALLAND	William, son of John from Whaddon
14 July 1802	SMITH	Rebecca, daughter of William and Elizabeth
10 October 1802	HARVEY	Mary, daughter of Joshua and Susanna
17 November 1802	ARBER	Lydia, daughter of Philip and Anne

1803
18 February 1803	RATFORD (+)	Anne, widow [MI: Ann, who died 1 February 1803, aged 73/75 years, wife of John Radford]
15 April 1803	ELSOME	Robert
22 December 1803	CHALLAND	Anne, wife of John from Whaddon

1804
25 March 1804	INGREY	Jane, daughter of James and Mary
7 August 1804	SKINNER	William
22 September 1804	MORRIS	Sarah, wife of William from Litlington

1805
16 February 1805	SQUIRES	William
21 April 1805	ROGERS	Sarah, wife of John
20 October 1805	GADD	Sarah, daughter of William and Kezia
23 December 1805	WHITBY	Sarah, spinster

1806
22 January 1806	WHITBY	Anne, widow
23 March 1806	WILMOT	John, son of William and Elizabeth
11 April 1806	WILMOT	Thomas, labourer
11 May 1806	STANFORD	Thomas, labourer
25 December 1806	EASY	Mary, widow
28 December 1806	WESTON	Thomas
28 December 1806	ABBOTT	Abraham

1807
23 February 1807	BROOKES	Thomas, labourer
13 April 1807	WILMOT	Mary, widow
9 June 1807	(LITTLETON ?)	A stranger who was found drowned; supposed to be insane and to have been discharged from St Luke's Hospital. He had called himself John Littleton.
11 June 1807	HITCHCOCK	Richard, glazier
10 August 1807	DELLOW	Lydia, daughter of William and Mary
27 August 1807	CLARKE	Sarah, daughter of William and Mary
20 September 1807	WILMOT	Sarah, daughter of Mary
15 November 1807	PELL	Catherine, wife of William
15 November 1807	KEFFORD	Anne, widow

1808
3 February 1808	WALTON	Thomas Allinson, son of Dennis and Sarah
26 March 1808	FLETCHER	Edward, from Royston
19 May 1808	COOPER	Mary, widow
27 July 1808	JOHNSON	Janet, daughter of Thomas and Anne
27 July 1808	INGRAY	Sarah, daughter of James and Mary
25 August 1808	GRAY (+)	Andrew (gardener to the Earl of Hardwicke) [MI: who departed this life, the 22nd day of August 1808, aged 60 years]
26 October 1808	DALL	Janet, daughter of James and Anne
5 November 1808	DUBOIS	Sarah, widow

1809
16 February 1809	WING	Adam, labourer
22 March 1809	SKINNER	William, labourer
10 September 1809	NYE	Henry, footman to Lady Hardwicke
27 September 1809	WHETSTONE	James, son of John and Elizabeth
26 October 1809	COOPER	Elizabeth, wife of James, sawyer
5 December 1809	SLACK (+)	[M.] Daniel from Cambridge (formerly groom to Lord Chancellor Hardwicke) [MI: died at Cambridge, the 30th day of November 1809, in the 89th year of his age]

1810
7 January 1810	GADD	Thomas, son of William & Kezia
1 February 1810	TRUMPER	William, son of John and Marianne
1 February 1810	CHANDLER	Elizabeth, wife of John
22 April 1810	SKINNER	Mary, widow
6 May 1810	YORKE	Charles James, Viscount Royston, son of Philip and Elizabeth, Earl and Countess of Hardwicke. [scarlet fever] [1797-1810 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
14 May 1810	SMITH	Elizabeth, wife of William
18 May 1810	WALTON	Emma, daughter of Dennis and Sarah
22 May 1810	HICKS	Susanna, daughter of James and Lydia
17 June 1810	PETT	Sarah, wife of Thomas
24 July 1810	COLE	John, son of Edward and Eleanor
14 October 1810	WORLAND	Anne, wife of Christopher

1811
8 January 1811	DELLOW	George, son of William and Sarah
30 March 1811	WORLAND	Mary, daughter of Lydia
30 March 1811	INGREY	Anne, daughter of James and Mary
19 May 1811	WILMOT	Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth
26 May 1811	WALLIS	Thomas, labourer
10 July 1811	EVANS	John, sawyer
11 August 1811	TRANTER (+)	Marianne, daughter of Moses and Anne [MI: In memory of Mary Anne Tranter, who died 1 August 1811]
10 September 1811	HILL	John, formerly gamekeeper to the late Earl of Hardwicke
20 November 1811	GOATS	James, son of James and Anne

1812
7 January 1812	FREEMAN	Elizabeth, widow
7 February 1812	YORKE (+)	Dame Elizabeth Wheake [Rattray], wife of Sir Joseph Sydney, Rear Admiral of the Blue [MI: born 13 May 1733, died 31 January 1812] [1733-1812 = Yorke Family Tree]
3 March 1812	WHITBY	Mary, spinster

[From 1813, register entries generally included the age of the deceased]

1813
23 January 1813	JEFFERSON (+)	Jacob, aged 24 [MI: died 15 January 1813]
16 March 1813	PRATT	Esther, aged 71
19 April 1813	STANFORD	Mary, daughter of William and Sarah, aged 5
28 April 1813	STANFORD	Elizabeth, aged 67
24 May 1813	WILMOT	Thomas, son of William and Elizabeth, aged 8 months
5 July 1813	HEWITT	William, son of Robert and Sarah, aged 9 months
7 July 1813	EVANS	Sarah, widow, aged 23
29 July 1813	INGRAY	Amey, daughter of James and Mary, aged 2 years 8 months
13 September 1813	WORLAND	Christopher, aged 59

1814
28 March 1814	YORKE (+)	Horatio Nelson, son of Rear Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney and Elizabeth Wheake, his late wife, of St Martin's in the Fields, Westminster, aged 8. [MI: born 13 August 1806, died 21 March 1814] [1806-1814 = Yorke Family Tree]
28 July 1814	WARD	Rachel, wife of Benjamin, aged 42
21 October 1814	KIDD	Robert, son of John and Anne, aged 2 days.

1815
2 January 1815	CLARKE	Anne, widow, aged 64
2 February 1815	INGRAY	Thomas, aged 75
15 April 1815	WORLAND	Sarah, daughter of William and Jane, aged 6 months
3 July 1815	GOATS	Jane, daughter of Morris (deceased) and Elizabeth, aged 19
29 September 1815	PRATT	Lydia, wife of John, aged 25
16 October 1815	WHITBY	Jane, wife of John, aged 37

1816
7 July 1816	TRUMPER	John, son of John and Marianne of Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, aged 4 months.
13 August 1816	TURBETT	Thomas, son of [blank] and Elizabeth of St John's, London, a few months.
3 November 1816	COWELL	David, son of Joseph & Elizabeth, aged 16 months.

1817
31 January 1817	FRENCH (+)	William of Kingston, aged 76 [farmer][MI: , who died 24 July 1816 aged 72 years, husband to Sarah and father to their infant daughter A.]**
16 February 1817	HEWITT	Thomas, aged 60
28 July 1817	FRENCH (+)	Sarah (widow) of Kingston, aged 70 [MI: who died 7 January 1817, wife of William, and mother to their infant daughter A.]**
30 July 1817	HARVEY	Joshua, aged 84
14 September 1817	RICH	James, aged 54
5 October 1817	ALBON	Susanna, daughter of William and Susanna, aged 9 months
18 November 1817	WILMOT	Elizabeth, wife of William, aged 40
26 December 1817	PRIOR	Samuel, son of William and Anne, aged 3 days

[** There appears to be a discrepancy between the months of death. The Monumental Inscriptions have the dates the other way around with Sarah dying in January and William dying in July.]

1818
19 January 1818	PRIME	Anne, wife of James, aged 70
8 March 1818	CHAPMAN	Mary, wife of John, aged 67
11 March 1818	COLE	Eleanor, wife of Edward, aged 45
28 April 1818	ASTWOOD	Mary, aged 72
28 April 1818	SHEEPSHANKS (+)	Thomas, 12 years Rector of this Parish, aged 65 [MI: Died Monday 20 April 1818 at the Rectory. Buried in the Chicheley Chapel (commemorative stone set into the Chapel floor)]
27 May 1818	PETT	Mary, aged 62
14 June 1818	RULE	Rebecca, daughter of William and Mary, aged 18
2 July 1818	CHAPMAN	John, aged 78
23 September 1818	GOATS	Elizabeth, aged 62

1819
7 February 1819	GOATS	Elizabeth, aged 33
21 March 1819	FRENCH	Anne, aged 3 years 8 month
4 April 1819	KIDD	Caroline, aged 3
23 September 1819	WELCH	Sarah of uncertain address, died in Wimpole, aged 13
26 September 1819	GADD	Joseph, aged 2 weeks
10 November 1819	YAXLEY	Hannah, aged 46
27 November 1819	WORLAND	Elizabeth, aged 18 months

1820
30 January 1820	CHAPMAN	Samuel, a pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, aged 36
22 March 1820	PUMFORD	George, infant
21 June 1820	FRESHWATER	Mary, aged 70
10 October 1820	PETT	William, aged 56
27 December 1820	ALBON**	John William, killed accidentally, aged 28

[** "29 December 1820 - A most melancholy and fatal accident occurred on Saturday 23rd at Wimpole, the seat of the Earl of Hardwicke - Lord Pollington, Mr Cocks, Mr H Lindsay, and his son, were shooting in the woods, when the gun of Mr Lindsay's son went off accidentally, by which unfortunate circumstance a young man by the name of Albon, acting as gamekeeper, lost his life; the contents of the gun having entered his head and produced instant death.". - Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, December 1820.]

1821
13 January 1821	YORKE	The Honourable Agneta of Bath, aged 81 [1740-1820 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
21 February 1821	PRATT	Mary, aged 5 weeks
29 April 1821	PRIOR	Elizabeth, drowned accidentally, aged 22 months
7 June 1821	WARD (+)	Sarah of Wrestlingworth, aged 66 [MI: who died 3 June 1821, the wife of John Ward]
8 July 1821	HEWITT	William Collins, aged 3 weeks
19 July 1821	COOPER	Thomas, aged 2
31 July 1821	PRATT	James, aged 9
5 August 1821	PIGGOTT	John of Caxton Turnpike, aged 47
12 August 1821	CHAPMAN	Samuel, aged 9
2 September 1821	PRYOR	William, infant
14 November 1821	OSBORN	David, aged 3 months

1822
19 January 1822	COURSE	William, infant
4 June 1822	KIDD	Ann, aged 48
26 July 1822	MAIL	Elizabeth, aged 4
9 December 1822	LYON	James, aged 3 years 4 months

1823
13 March 1823	INGREY	William, aged 5 weeks
30 March 1823	LONGLANDS	William, an outpensioner of Chelsea Hospital, aged 45
13 September 1823	LONG	Jesse, aged 10
2 December 1823	DUNKIN	Ann, aged 35
28 December1823	COWELL	Robert of Arrington, 5 months

1824
3 January 1824	WATTS	Mary (housekeeper to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke), aged 62
12 January 1824	BARKER	Maria, aged 19
9 April 1824	WALLIS	Elizabeth, aged 85
17 April 1824	WILKIE	Robert, aged 32
6 August 1824	PRATT	Robert, aged 21
12 September 1824	PRIOR	William, infant

1825
29 May 1825	PRIOR	William, aged 34. Coroner's inquest.
6 September 1825	STOREY	Simon, aged 73
12 September 1825	CHANDLER	John, aged 50
21 September 1825	PETT	Thomas, aged 69
28 November 1825	WARD	James, aged 70
4 December 1825	PRATT	John, aged 53

1826
15 January 1826	PRIOR	Mary, infant
16 February 1826	BOATWRIGHT	Mary, (housekeeper to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke), aged 45
26 March 1826	COWELL	Joseph of Arrington, aged 35
10 April 1826	HALE	Joseph, infant
10 May 1826	SMITH	Charlotte, infant
12 May 1826	ROBERTSON	William, aged 60
7 June 1826	HITCHCOCK	Fruse(?) Hannah, aged 67
21 June 1826	ROBINSON	Mary, aged 85
17 July 1826	LYON	Sarah, aged 4
26 July 1826	HARRISON	Ann, aged 22
3 August 1826	BARKER	Brown, aged 16
27 September 1826	SMITH	Charles, aged 1 year 3 months
2 October 1826	TEET	James, aged 2
4 October 1826	BULLEN	Sarah, aged 5 years 6 months

1827
30 March 1827	LONG	George, aged 47
30 April 1827	HARVEY	Elizabeth, aged 91
6 May 1827	GOATS	Jane, aged 2
19 August 1827	TEET	John, aged 30
26 August 1827	CHAPMAN	James, aged 6
5 November 1827	WALTON	Dennis, aged 56

1828
25 January 1828	GADD	Charlotte, aged 3 months
26 February 1828	MOULE	William, aged 3
21 March 1828	BISHOP	Mary Ann, aged 2
23 April 1828	SELL	Henry, aged 2 months
18 June 1828	ONION	Susannah, aged 84
***	PATEMAN	*** A tenant of the Earl of Hardwicke, died this year, but buried outside the Parish
***	TITCHMARSH	*** A tenant of the Earl of Hardwicke, died this year, but buried outside the Parish
***	MAYS	*** A tenant of the Earl of Hardwicke, died this year, but buried outside the Parish

1829
19 July 1829	HODGE	Elizabeth, aged 60
24 September 1829	HALE	John, aged 8
3 October 1829	MILLS	William, infant
28 October 1829	CARTER	Eliza, aged 11
15 November 1829	ORSBORNE	Mary, aged 24

1830
2 January 1830	MORLEY	William, aged 66
9 April 1830	ATKINS	William, aged 75
9 April 1830	HEWITT	James, aged 10 months
31 May 1830	WILMOT	William, aged 57
28 September 1830	ROBINSON	Sarah, aged 62

1831
18 February 1831	MALE	Elizabeth, aged 55
27 April 1831	COURSE	Charles of Cambridge, aged 3 years 9 months
14 May 1831	YORKE (+)	Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney K.G.B. of Sydney Lodge, Hamble, aged 61 [MI: died 3 May 1831, aged 63] Account of Death [1768-1831 = Yorke Family Tree]
31 May 1831	COOPER	Ann, aged 11 months
13 June 1831	HEWETT	Sarah, aged 90
4 July 1831	PETT	John, aged 41
4 August 1831	JOHNSON (+)	Thomas, aged 51 [MI: who died 1st August 1831, aged 32 years]
24 August 1831	WARLAND	William, aged 56

1832
10 January 1832	WILKIE	George, aged 14 months
27 January 1832	HALE	Sarah, aged 13
29 January 1832	LINDSEY	Hannah, of Kingston, aged 22
24 February 1832	PRATT	Caroline, aged 19
19 April 1832	GADD	Keziah, aged 48
11 May 1832	GADD	Keziah, infant
3 June 1832	GOATS	Caroline, infant
7 July 1832	DELLOR	William, aged 63
9 July 1832	SELL	Charles, aged 6
23 July 1832	WARLAND	Elizabeth, aged 6
22 September 1832	RULE	Susan, aged 29

1833
15 January 1833	HEWETT	Robert, aged 26
20 January 1833	GAUNT	Joseph, aged 65
24 February 1833	LONG	Maria, aged 2
3 March 1833	PRIME	James, aged 80
14 March 1833	FRENCH	Bathsheba, of Barnwell, aged 24
24 March 1833	GADD	Mary, aged 80
30 March 1833	PETT	Hannah, aged 17
2 April 1833	BULLEN	George, infant
2 June 1833	CREEK	Elizabeth, of London, infant
16 June 1833	HEWITT	Robert, infant
16 June 1833	GOATS	James, aged 9 months
23 June 1833	HARVEY	Joshua, aged 55
30 June 1833	WHITBY	Louisa, infant
13 July 1833	LONG	Susan, aged 6
17 July 1833	LONG	Ann, aged 28
17 July 1833	HEWITT	Sarah, aged 2
31 July 1833	BULLEN	James, aged 3
22 September 1833	SKINNER	Henry, aged 11 weeks
14 October 1833	HARRISON	Benjamin, aged 59

1834
20 March 1834	YORKE (+)	The Rt. Hon Charles Philip, of 28 Bruton Street, London, aged 70 [MI: First Lord of the Admiralty, died 13 March 1834] [1764-1834 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
5 March 1834	WILKINS	Jane, infant
22 April 1834	CHAPMAN	Mary, aged 16
21 May 1834	CHAPMAN	William, aged 2
9 June 1834	HEWITT	Alfred, infant
11 July 1834	DUNSTONE (+)	James, aged 44 [MI: who departed this life 8 July 1834]
21 August 1834	RULE	Rebecca, aged 32
29 August 1834	RULE	Smith, infant
11 September 1834	HARRISON	Margaret, aged 56
5 November 1834	TRANTER	Hannah, aged 56
28 November 1834	YORKE	Rt. Hon Philip [Third] Earl of Hardwicke KG, aged 77 [1757-1834 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
22 December 1834	WHITBY	Margaret, aged 5

1835
24 March 1835	PRATT	David, aged 8
25 March 1835	HURST	Samual, aged 2
9 April 1835	PETT	William, aged 10
10 April 1835	PRATT	Richard, aged 13
29 April 1835	INGREY	Rebecca, infant
8 May 1835	SPACKSMAN	Elizabeth, aged 1
12 May 1835	MOULE	Walman, aged 5
23 May 1835	WILLSHIRE	James, aged 75
4 June 1835	WILLMOT	Mary, aged 30

1836
18 January 1836	FREEMAN	Jane, aged 60
27 January 1836	YAXLEY	Richard, aged 73
5 March 1836	HARRADINE	James, aged 60
14 November 1836	ROGERS	John, aged 75
15 December 1836	WRIGHT	Susan, of Clavering, aged 32
27 December 1836	WHETSTONE	James, aged 6

[Timeline: The accession of Queen Victoria]

1837
16 January 1837	WHETSTONE	Elizabeth, aged 62
27 January 1837	SMITH	Susan
2 February 1837	CORSE	Sarah, of Cambridge, aged 2
2 February 1837	HEWITT	Benjamin, aged 11 months
3 February 1837	SMITH	Mary, aged 33
9 March 1837	INGRAY	Alfred, infant
22 March 1837	RUMBOLD	Jane, infant
23 March 1837	DARLER	William, aged 49
4 May 1837	HEWITT	Mary Ann, infant
27 August 1837	WATTS	Charles, aged 42
17 October 1837	COOPER	Edith, aged 14
29 December 1837	CARTER	John, aged 63

1838
12 February 1838	WHITBY	Charles, infant
16 February 1838	PRATT	Collis, aged 17
4 August 1838	WILLSHIRE	Elizabeth, of New Wimpole, aged 77
11 August 1838	GADD	Marianne, of New Wimpole, aged 14
5 September 1838	GADD	John, aged 32
27 September 1838	SMITH	William, of Orwell, aged 82
1 December 1838	GADD	William, of Orwell, aged 25
1 December 1838	RULE	James, infant
25 December 1838	HEWITT	Ann, infant

[From 1839, register entries generally included the cause of death]

1839
11 February 1839	CHERRY	William, of Caxton and Arrington Union House, age unknown, very old, died of palsy
16 February 1839	REED	Maria, aged 28, came home ill of typhus from Buntingford
9 March 1839	CLARK	Sarah, of New Wimpole, aged 67, sudden death
29 May 1839	WILLMOTT	Eliza, of New Wimpole, aged 30, died of smallpox
17 August 1839	HEWITT	Robert, aged 5 months, died of diseased mesenteric glands
23 November 1839	WHITBY	Charlotte, aged 26, died of dropsy

[Timeline: First Penny Black stamp introduced]

1840
29 April 1840	INGRAY	Emily, of Kingston Wood, infant, teething
31 July 1840	LONG	Mary Anne, of Cambridge, aged 20, decline

1841
7 January 1841	RULE	William, aged 65, sudden death, died of disease of the heart
24 February 1841	WHETSTONE	Jane, infant, teething
2 March 1841	CLARK	Sarah, of Union Workhouse, aged 42, died of consumption
22 March 1841	BULLEN	Philip, infant, died of influenza
12 April 1841	INGRAY	Hannah, of Caxton Work House, infant, died of scrofula
24 May 1841	GADD	Thomas, of Caxton & Arrington Union Work House, aged 85, died of old age
19 July 1841	TAYLOR	William, aged 56, died of disease of the heart
27 September 1841	REED	John, aged 72, died of disease of the bladder
2 November 1841	WHITBY	John, aged 39, died of tumour in the stomach

1842
21 April 1842	CLARK	Jane, of Hemingford Abbotts, aged 14, decline
5 May 1842	MALE	Benjamin, aged 27, died of lumbar abscess
5 May 1842	HEWETT	James, aged 7 weeks
25 June 1842	LYON	James, aged 14, died of diseased spine
23 October 1842	HURST	John, aged 23, died of phthisis
19 December 1842	BARKER	James of Orwell, aged 75, died of old age

1843
7 January 1843	LINES	Charles John, infant, father lives in Berkshire
9 January 1843	INGRAY	Stephen, infant
9 March 1843	SKINNER	Sarah, infant
2 April 1843	HARRISON	William, aged 10, killed by an accident, run over
5 April 1843	LONG	Hannah, aged 4, died of croup
4 May 1843	PRIME	Alice, aged 27, resided in London but came to Wimpole, her birth place and father's residence
26 September 1843	INGRAY	Robert, aged 16, died of scrofula
25 November 1843	DELLAR	George, aged 60, died of inflammation of the lungs and typhus fever

1844
10 February 1844	DELLAR	Eliza, aged 22, died from typhus fever and premature confinement
27 February 1844	HEWITT	Edward, infant, died from diseased mesenteric glands
19 March 1844	PELL	James, aged 19, died from typhus fever
9 June 1844	MALE	John, aged 22, died from typhus fever
26 June 1844	GOATES	James, aged 62, fall and water in the heart

1845
22 February 1845	BISHOP (+)	John, aged 54, died from diseased liver [MI: who departed this life 19 February 1845, husband of Sarah Bishop, and father to Mary Ann Bishop who died in infancy]
31 March 1845	HART (+)	Francis, aged 48, died from cancers in the liver. Captain Hart was steward to the 4th Earl of Hardwicke for 10 years. He was a faithful and zealous servant. [MI: Commander Royal Navy, who in the 49th year of his age, departed this life on the 26th March]
18 April 1845	GADD	Maria Andelina Charlotte Serjeant of Union Workhouse, Caxton. Died from diseased mesenteric glands
22 June 1845	REED	Ann, aged 68, died of diseased liver
24 August 1845	GAUNT	Elizabeth, aged 89 or 90, died of old age
14 September 1845	SKINNER	Ann, aged 42, died from pulmonary consumption
14 November 1845	RULE	William, infant, premature birth
2 December 1845	ARBUR (+)	Philip, aged 80, sudden death (MI: farmer, he departed this life in the 85th year of his age)
15 December 1845	HURST	James, aged 18, died from pulmonary consumption

The Caxton and Arrington Union Workhouse, where the able-bodied poor of Wimpole were sent. The Workhouse building is on the left, the Police Station is right of centre and part of the "Red House" inn is to the right. For further details see the 1881 Workhouse Census.

[Timeline: Repeal of the Corn Laws]

1846
14 January 1846	MULBERRY	Lydia, aged 63, died of ulceration of the bowels
21 February 1846	GADD	James, aged 11, killed by a threshing machine
29 May 1846	HALES	Joseph, aged 18, died from inflammation of the lungs
2 June 1846	PRATT	William, aged 62, of Caxton Work House, died from old age
3 October 1846	PRATT	Susan, aged 4, died from disease of the brain, sudden death

1847
19 February 1847	STAMFORD	William, aged 71, general decay
8 March 1847	WHETSTONE	Mary Ann, aged 5, burned to death
1 April 1847	CHAPMAN	Elizabeth, of New Wimpole, aged 58, died from apoplexy
8 August 1847	HARRISON	Ellen, of New Wimpole, aged 10, died from disease of the brain
25 August 1847	WILLMOTT	George, of New Wimpole, aged 24, typhus fever caught in London; came home ill; died in the hospital in Cambridge
5 October 1847	PELL	Robert, aged 26, died from inflammation of the lungs.
11 October 1847	CHAPMAN	John, of New Wimpole, aged 53, died from pulmonary consumption
6 November 1847	CHARTERS	Ann, of New Wimpole, aged 69, typhus fever, died in Addenbrooke's Hospital
23 November 1847	CHARTERS	John, of New Wimpole, aged 66, died from typhus fever, husband of the above Ann

1848
3 February 1848	HICKS	Lydia, of New Wimpole, aged 78, died from influenza
26 May 1848	SMITH	Thomas, of Union Workhouse, Caxton, aged 78, died from old age
30 July 1848	REID	Sarah, aged 5 months, died from diseased mesenteric glands
3 October 1848	WALTON	Sarah, of New Wimpole, aged 77, died from dropsy after influenza
14 October 1848	LASLETT	Mrs Mary, of Arrington Bridge, aged 81, died following paralysis
6 December 1848	CLARK	William, of Union Workhouse, aged 85, died from old age

1849
3 April 1849	LONG	David, of Arrington Bridge, infant, teething
9 April 1849	WHITBY	George, of New Wimpole, infant, premature birth
11 October 1849	LYON	William, aged 70, died from "bad leg" erisypelas and mortification
13 November 1849	WEBB (+)	John, aged 28, died from phthisis [MI: who died 8 November 1849, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Webb]

1850
1 March 1850	OSBORNE	Elizabeth, of New Wimpole, aged 82, died from bronchitis
4 May 1850	REID	Mary, infant, died from whooping cough
13 September 1850	SPAXMAN	Thomas, of New Wimpole, infant, died from whooping cough
24 September 1850	WHITBY	George, of New Wimpole, infant, died from whooping cough
25 September 1850	WEBB (+)	Jane, aged 25, died from phthisis [MI: died 19 October 1850, daughter of Thomas & Mary Ann Webb]

[Timeline: The Great Exhibition in London]

1851
16 January 1851	WHETSTONE	John, aged 75, died of cancer
29 January 1851	PELL	George, of Caxton Union Workhouse, infant, died from water on the brain
6 May 1851	RULE	Mary, aged 78, died from water on the chest after bronchitis
10 August 1851	SKINNER	Abraham, aged 82, died from old age
22 September 1851	BULLEN	Anne, of New Wimpole, aged 82, died following paralysis
29 November 1851	GADD	Emma, of New Wimpole, aged 8 weeks

1852
17 January 1852	YORKE (+)	Flora Elizabeth, aged 38, died in child bearing (MI: died 12 January 1852] [1814-1852 = Yorke Family Tree] [Wife of the Rev Henry Reginald Yorke, Rector of Wimpole]
2 March 1852	LONG	William, aged 9, died from disease of the brain
6 July 1852	HALES	Anne, aged 56, died from tumour of the ovaries
2 August 1852	ARBER (+)	John, aged 57, died from apoplexy [MI: died 29 July 1852, aged 55 years]
7 August 1852	DARLOW	Martha, aged 61, died from cancer of the stomach
17 September 1852	RUMBOLD	James, aged 37, died from pulmonary consumption
23 October 1852	HEWITT	Elizabeth, aged 56, died from erysipelas
26 November 1852	DELLAR	Mary, of New Wimpole, aged 81, died from old age
18 December 1852	PRATT	Sarah, of Alms Houses, Arrington, aged 81, died from disease of the heart
28 December 1852	RULE	Prior, of New Wimpole, aged 10, died from typhus fever

1853
19 January 1853	PRATT	George, of New Wimpole, aged 2, died from typhus fever
1 February 1853	WATTS	Charles, of New Wimpole, aged 20, died from typhus fever
19 March 1853	MULBERRY	Charlotte, aged 2 years 6 months, died from scarlatina
29 March 1853	RULE	Eliza, of New Wimpole, aged 18, died from disease of brain
2 April 1853	WHITBY	Fanny, aged 2 years 8 months, died from scarlatina
4 April 1853	GOATS	John, of New Wimpole, aged 45, died from typhus fever
26 June 1853	GOATS	Ann, of New Wimpole, aged 18, died from pulmonary consumption
14 November 1853	GADD	William, of New Wimpole, aged 75, sudden death

[Timeline: The Crimean War]

1854
14 January 1854	HURST	William, aged 23, died from phthisis
8 February 1854	GADD	Alfred, of Union Workhouse, infant, died from some epidemic in Union Workhouse
8 February 1854	WILKINS (?)	[entry is a note in the margin] Sarah, infant, unbaptised, died in the Workhouse
4 March 1854	RIACH	John, aged 11, killed by the upsetting of a cart
16 May 1854	YORKE (+)	Harriott, widow of the late Rt. Hon Charles Philip Yorke [First Lord of the Admiralty] of 28 Bruton Square, London, aged 91 [MI: born 21 June 1763, married 1 July 1790, died 10 May 1854] [1763-1854 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
27 May 1854	ANGELL	Arthur, of New Wimpole, infant, teething
21 November 1854	REID	Jane, aged 75, died from old age

1855
31 January 1855	WEBB (+)	Mary Ann, aged 40, of pulmonary consumption [MI: who died 25 January 1855, aged 25 years, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Webb]
2 March 1855	RICHARDS	Ann, of Cambridge, aged 72, died following paralysis
24 May 1855	WOODRUFF (+)	Henry Esq, Steward to the Earl of Hardwicke, aged 58, died from schinous(?) duodenum [MI: Lieutenant Royal Navy, died at Arrington Bridge on the 18th May 1855, aged 59 years]
5 July 1855	ANGELL	Isabella, aged 47, died from pulmonary consumption

1856
15 January1856	KEEP	Esau, aged 40, killed by machinery of sawmill
18 January 1856	STAMFORD	Sarah, aged 75, died from apoplexy
1 March 1856	HALES	Martha Ann, infant
6 March 1856	WHITBY	John, of Union House, Caxton, aged 92, died from old age
9 April 1856	PRIME	William Edward, of New Wimpole, infant, died from inflammation of lungs
5 June 1856	SPACKSMAN	Jane Goates, of New Wimpole, aged 1 year 5 months, died from whooping cough
21 July 1856	HURST	Mary, of New Wimpole, aged 37, died from pulmonary consumption
8 December 1856	BRIGHTMAN	Elizabeth, aged 14, died from scarletina

[Timeline: The Indian Mutiny]

1857
21 January 1857	DELLAR	John, aged 54, died from rheumatism
1 February 1857	SPACKSMAN	Joseph William, of New Wimpole, aged 4, died from croup
7 February 1857	FRENCH	Mary, of Arrington, aged 79, following paralysis
17 February 1857	PRATT	James, of New Wimpole, aged 2 years 6 months, died from croup
17 March 1857	HURST	Catherine Silk, of New Wimpole, aged 2, died from bronchitis
27 March 1857	BARKER (+)	Sarah, of Burley, Hampshire, aged 94, died from old age [MI: wife of James, died 23 March 1857 aged 95]
18 June 1857	LONG	Georgiana, of Union Workhouse, aged 16, died of scrofula
17 November 1857	SPACKSMAN	Phoebe, of New Wimpole, aged 59, died from apoplexy

1858
23 January 1858	KIDD	William, of Union Workhouse, aged 88, died from old age
25 March 1858	WILSHIRE	Susan, of New Wimpole, aged 68, died from palsy
8 April 1858	GOATS	Morris, aged 68, decline
3 June 1858	YORKE	Elizabeth [Scot Lindsay], dowager Countess of Hardwicke, widow of Philip, Third Earl of Hardwicke, of Tyttenhanger, St Albans, aged 95, died of old age. ["...The widow and dowager Countess of the third earl long survived; dying on 26 May 1858. I can recall standing at the rectory window that overlooked the churchyard, that of the Green bedroom, and seeing the funeral as the body was borne round the east end of the church to its resting place in the vault under the Chicheley Chapel. I can see now the shoulder-borne coffin, covered with scarlet velvet; the tawdry gilt mountings, and the gilt coronet atop..." from "Wimpole As I Knew It" by the Rev A C Yorke. ] [1763-1858 = Yorke Family Tree] [Monumental Inscription]
29 July 1858	CLARK	Eliza, infant
6 October 1858	STRICKLAND	Thomas, aged 44, found dead
3 December 1858	BULLEN	Sarah, aged 54, died from rheumatic gout
28 December 1858	MULBERRY	John, aged 52, died from pleuro pneumonia

1859
30 April 1859	OSBORNE	John, of Union Workhouse, Caxton, aged 84, died from old age
21 June 1859	CAMBRIDGE (+)	Charles, aged 16, disease of liver and stones [MI: who died 16 June 1859]
7 August 1859	GOATES	Anne, of New Wimpole, aged 74, died from old age and paralysis
4 October 1859	STANFORD	Mary, aged 23, died from consumption

1860
20 February 1860	HEWITT	Robert, aged 82, died from old age
25 February 1860	LONG	Robert, aged 56, accidental death
16 October 1860	HEWITT	Sarah, aged 83, died from old age
28 October 1860	SPACKSMAN	Anne, of New Wimpole, aged 6 months

1861
20 January 1861	REED	George, aged 5
5 April 1861	BULLEN	Elizabeth, aged 10
30 May 1861	SPACKSMAN	James, of New Wimpole, aged 2, died from disease of the brain
24 July 1861	HURST	Sarah, aged 66, died from consumption
6 October 1861	INGREY	Mary, of Orwell, aged 88, died from old age
9 October 1861	FILLINGHAM	Thomas, aged 39, killed by machine
28 November 1861	SKINNER	Sarah, aged 88, died from old age
18 December 1861	DELLER	Mary Anne, of Arrington, aged 80, died from old age
24 December 1861	INGREY	Ann, of New Wimpole, aged 48, died from schirous(?) cancer in the gullet

1862
25 February 1862	HURST	William, aged 75, died from pulmonary consumption
18 March 1862	WORLAND	Jane, of Caxton Workhouse, aged 88, died from old age
10 October 1862	COOK	Joseph, infant, died from malformation of mouth, throat etc
2 November 1862	MALE	Richard, aged 86, died from old age

1863
7 April 1863	CLARK	Susan, aged 15, died from disease of the brain
31 May 1863	PRATT	John, aged 79, died from apoplexy
12 June 1863	MULBERRY	David, infant, died from bronchitis
26 June 1863	HEWITT	Rebecca, infant, died from disease of the lungs
4 August 1863	MALE	Susan, aged 80, died from dropsy
14 August 1863	PRATT	Charlotte, of New Wimpole, aged 1, died from diarrhoea

The Church Register book for the Parish of Wimpole ends at this point. Burials after August 1863 were recorded in a new Register book, now believed to be lodged with the Cambridge Record Office.

[(B.T.) indicates the entry as shown in the Bishop's Transcripts 1599-1812 where it differs from the entry in the local church register. For more details, see the original Introduction written by by T.P.R. Layng in 1983 on the Register Index page.]

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Wimpole Church Records:

Index page to the Church Registers from 1560 to 1863. Some baptism, banns, marriage and burial listings are available on-line:
   - Baptisms: 1560-1599, 1600-1699, 1700-1799, 1800-1863
   - Marriages: 1560-1599, 1600-1699, 1700-1799, 1800-1863
   - Banns: 1754-1863
   - Burials: 1560-1599, 1600-1699, 1700-1799, 1800-1863

St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole. Records of baptisms 1560-1603 and 1617-1863, marriages 1560-1990, burials 1560-1973 and banns for 1754-1918 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for baptisms, marriages and burials 1560-1863. Parish register transcripts 1560-1863, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1642 and 1663-1812 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.

Monumental Inscriptions and the Churchyard 1710-2004:

The St Andrew's Churchyard Register is available on line.
Details and coffin plates in the Hardwicke Family Vault are available on line.
A selection of the Monumental Inscriptions from the Church and Chapel are available on line.

The Monumental Inscriptions in the churchyard of St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole are also recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1710-1979. These inscriptions are available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society.

Local Census Records:

The following local censuses are available on line:

Arrington Wimpole Orwell Local

1881 Census
1891 Census
1901 Census 1881 Census
1891 Census
1901 Census 1881 Census
1891 Census
1901 Census 1881 Workhouse

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