Cambridgeshire Banns
Discover the banns of couples read in almost 75 parishes in Cambridgeshire, England, between 1653 and 1981. Piece together your ancestor’s history from the full names of the bride and groom, their residences, and the date of banns. This collection is published in partnership with Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society and the Family History Federation.
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Discover the banns of couples read in almost 75 parishes in Cambridgeshire, England, between 1653 and 1981. Piece together your ancestor’s history from the full names of the bride and groom, their residences, and the date of banns. This collection is published in partnership with Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society and the Family History Federation.
Learn about these records
Each record comprises a transcript of the original parish register of the marriage banns. The amount of information included varies, but the Cambridgeshire banns records usually include the following information about your ancestor:
• Bride’s first name
• Bride’s last name
• Groom’s first name
• Groom’s last name
• Bride’s residence
• Groom’s residence
• Bride’s marital status
• Groom’s marital status
• Date of banns
• Parish
• County
• Country
Some records may also include other details. Further details may include:
• Bride’s age
• Groom’s age
• Occupation of bride or groom
• Date of marriage
The record set comprises 111,694 records from 74 parishes in the county of Cambridgeshire.
These records date from 1653 to 1981.
There are no images accompanying these transcripts.
Banns
An ancient legal tradition, banns are an announcement in church of a couple’s intention to marry. The reading of the banns provides an opportunity for anybody to put forward a reason why the marriage may not lawfully take place. Banns must be read in the parish (or parishes) in which the couple lives and in the parish they will marry, on three Sundays in the three months before the wedding.
Cambridgeshire
The modern county of Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 from the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, and Huntingdon and Peterborough. Cambridge is its county town.
Note on abbreviations:
sp = spinster
bac = bachelor
otp = of this parish
Abington Pigotts
Arrington
Bartlow
Benwick
Bottisham
Boxworth
Brinkley
Burrough Green
Burwell
Cambridge, All Saints
Cambridge, Holy Trinity
Cambridge, St Andrew The Less
Cambridge, St Barnabas
Cambridge, St Clement
Cambridge, St Edward
Cambridge, St Paul
Cambridge, St Philip
Carlton
Castle Camps
Chatteris
Cherry Hinton
Chippenham
Conington
Cottenham
Downham
Dry Drayton
Dullingham
East Hatley
Elsworth
Ely, Holy Trinity
Ely, St Mary
Fen Drayton
Girton
Grantchester
Great Abington
Great Eversden
Guilden Morden
Hardwick
Harlton
Hinxton
Histon
Horseheath
Ickleton
Isleham
Landbeach
Linton
Little Abington
Little Shelford
Lolworth
Madingley
Manea
March
Newton Near Cambridge
Papworth Everard
Papworth St Agnes
Rampton
Sawston
Shudy Camps
Stuntney
Swaffham Prior, St Mary
Swavesey
Thriplow
Trumpington
Tydd St Giles
Upwell, Christchurch
Waterbeach
Welney
Wentworth
West Wickham
West Wratting
Westley Waterless
Whaddon
Witchford
Wood Ditton