Dry Drayton

• The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of SS. Peter and Paul for the years 1710-1976 are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office.

• The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridgeshire Archives. In addition the 1851 Census for Dry Drayton is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Dry Drayton.
    • Internal view looking down the nave
    • The font
  • The Multi Denominational Church, Bar Hill.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Dry Drayton
  • The Multi Denominational Church, Bar Hill

• "The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a building of stone in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, north porch and a western tower containing a clock and 5 bells: the north aisle was added and the whole fabric restored in 1859, a the ancient tower in 1874, at a cost of £200: the stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. Samuel Smith D.D. dean of Christ Church, Oxford, prebendary of Durham and formerly rector here 1831-41, and has in a lunette at the bottom a kneeling figure of the rector in surplice and hood: the organ, erected in 1881, was rebuilt in 1928 : near the west end are two windows of the Decorated period, with transoms, and the south doorway is of the same date : there are 200 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1564; marriages, 1565."
• "There is Primitive Methodist chapel."
  [Kelly's Directory - 1929]

• Church of England
  • Dry Drayton, SS Peter and Paul: Records of baptisms 1565-1972, marriages 1565-1990, burials 1565-1916 and banns 1754-1911 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. Indexed transcripts for baptisms 1564-1851, marriages 1565-1839 and burials 1564-1851 also reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1651, 1662-1795 and 1800-1849 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. The parish record transcripts for SS. Peter and Paul 1564-1851 are available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)
• Methodist
  • Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist at the Cambridgeshire Archives for the Cambridge Primitive and Primitive Second Circuits of which Dry Drayton is part.

• A transcript of the DryDrayton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the DryDrayton parish entries from 1929 Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Dry Drayton to another place.

• "This parish has two manors - Coventry, held on a lease of lives under the Bishop of Ely, and Crowlands, of which the Rev. Richard Winkfield M.A. is lord. The land of the parish is vested in several proprietors, the chief of whom are T.F. Hooley esq. and Trinity College, Cambridge."
  [Kelly's Directory - 1929]

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL380620 (Lat/Lon: 52.238898, 0.019582), Dry Drayton which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The Dry Drayton War Memorial has been transcribed and researched.

• Land Tax: records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives for the years 1798 (on microfilm), 1829-32 and 1880-48.