Cambridgeshire parishes bordering Haverhill Suffolk

[throckenholt]

Cambridgeshire parishes in the general area look to be
Castle Camps
Shudy Camps
Horse Heath
West Wickham
Bartlow
 and a bit further afield are Linton and Balsham, West Wratting and Weston Colville

In Essex I think you are looking at :
Sturmer
Helions Bumpstead
Steeple Bumpstead
Birdbrook


Hope that helps,
Julie

[throckenholt]

I have just remembered there is freeare package you can download called parloc (here I think http://www.yorksgen.org.uk) which will give you the distances between places.  A list of 5 miles radius of Haverhill is

The following list of Parishes are within a
    5 Mile Radius of Haverhill, P, SFK, ENG.
           
   Parish Name                          Type,County,Country,OsRef   Distance & Direction
   ===========                          =========================   ====================
 
   Barnardiston                                  P SFK ENG TL7148   3.6 East by North East
   Bartlow                                       P CAM ENG TL5845   5.0 West
   Birdbrook                                     P ESS ENG TL7041   3.5 South East
   Castle Camps                                  P CAM ENG TL6343   2.2 West by South West
   Great Bradley                                 P SFK ENG TL6653   5.0 North
   Great Thurlow                                 P SFK ENG TL6750   3.2 North
   Great Wratting                                P SFK ENG TL6848   2.2 North by North East
   Haverhill                                     P SFK ENG TL6645   0.0 
   Helions Bumpstead                             P ESS ENG TL6541   2.6 South by South West
   Horseheath                                    P CAM ENG TL6147   3.3 West by North West
   Hundon                                        P SFK ENG TL7348   4.7 East by North East
   Kedington                                     P SFK ENG TL7046   2.6 East by North East
   Little Bradley                                P SFK ENG TL6852   4.5 North by North East
   Little Thurlow                                P SFK ENG TL6751   3.8 North
   Little Wratting                               P SFK ENG TL6847   1.8 North East
   Shudy Camps                                   P CAM ENG TL6144   3.2 West by South West
   Steeple Bumpstead                             P ESS ENG TL6841   2.8 South by South East
   Sturmer                                       P ESS ENG TL6943   2.2 East by South East
   West Wickham                                  P CAM ENG TL6149   4.0 North West
   Withersfield                                  P SFK ENG TL6547   1.4 North by North West
   Wixoe                                         P SFK ENG TL7142   3.6 East by South East

[trachelospermum]

Wow, thanks for the link, that's going to be invaluable as I have a few other ancestors that I am in a similar situation with, thanks, Jo

[Corcam]

Hi

There are only JOBSON's on the Linton Baptisms. I am local and I have spoken to someone regarding the name JOPSON and there were some in the area in the 1930's, however they were non-conformists so there is a chance the one you are looking for was too - this would mean that the baptism wasn't on the standard registers.


Corcam

[trachelospermum]

Which registers would they be on then? I thought they would all be on the one register - sort of a central one?

[Corcam]

I hope I have this right and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

Parish Records usually come from the Parish Church which in most cases is Church of England. Non conformist registers are usually transcribed seperately and available through the Family History Societies.

There is a note regarding Haverhill's on the Cambridgeshire Family History society under current projects.

Corcam

[behindthefrogs]

All parish registers in England are Church of England.  At various periods mainly in the 18th century the parish registers had to contain all baptisms in the parish including non-conformist ones.

The only collection of non-conformist registers was that at Dr Williams Library particular from 1742 onwards.  These are available at the Family Record Centre in London,

Bapitist Church Baptisms of course did not take place until the age of at least 12 usually later.

David

[trachelospermum]

So the fact that I can't find a baptism in the parish that I think it may have taken place, doesn't necessarily mean it didn't happen there, it may have been non conformist and entered in these records in London? Jo