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Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire

Shudy Camps

Shudy Camps

Location

Shudy Camps is an Ancient Parish is located in the south eastern corner of Cambridgeshire. It borders both Suffolk to the east and Essex to the south. The village of the same name is near the centre of the ancient parish area, which also included the settlements of Mill Green and Nosterfield End.

Shudy Camps is approximately five miles to the east south east of the market town of Linton. The City of Cambridge, the county town of Cambridgeshire is approximately fourteen miles to the north west. The ancient parish and market town of Saffron Walden, Essex is eight miles to the south west

For additional information see A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume6 (published 1978) at British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol6/pp49-59 (accessed 29 May 2022)

Parish Church

The Parish (CofE) Church is St Mary, Shudy Camps. It is barely visible on Streetview at Google Maps, but Google has additional (user contributed) photos including https://goo.gl/maps/7a8QF9KpK3NNGUMv9. (Both accessed 29 May 2022)

Parish Registers

Cambridgeshire Archives shows it holds registers covering Baptism (1558 - 1862), Marriages (1560 - 1969) and Burials (1561 - 1942). For additional detail see https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/Original%20parish%20registers%20at%20Cambridgeshire%20Archives.pdf, but note this parish is listed as "Camps, Shudy". (accessed 29 May 2022).

NB A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely (Vol 6) notes "The registers are continuous from 1558, but between 1681 and 1767 many entries are missing".

Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes

To the east of Shudy Camps is Haverhill, Suffolk and to the south east is Helion Bumpstead, which is primarily in Essex, but includes the Cambridgeshire hamlet of Olmstead Green. To the south west is Castle Camps, with Bartlow to the west. Horseheath is to the north with Withersfield, Suffolk to the north east.

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