Westley Waterless

• The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Mary-the-Less are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1592-1979 which are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)

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

• The Church of St Mary the Less, Westley Waterless.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • The Church of St Mary the Less, Westley Waterless

• "The church of St. Mary-the-Less is a structure of flint in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a turret containing one bell: in the church is an ancient brass to Sir John De Creyke and his wife, dated 1325: the communion plate dates from 1568: the church has been restored, including the erection of a turret, at a cost of £300, and affords 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1557, and contains some curious entries relating to collections made by brief in 1652-9 and 1662, and varying from 1s. 6d. To 4s. for the repairs of various churches and the relict of the poor elsewhere.. The church of St. Mary-the-Less is a structure of flint in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a turret containing one bell: in the church is an ancient brass to Sir John De Creyke and his wife, dated 1325: the communion plate dates from 1568: the church has been restored, including the erection of a turret, at a cost of £300, and affords 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1557, and contains some curious entries relating to collections made by brief in 1652-9 and 1662, and varying from 1s. 6d. To 4s. for the repairs of various churches and the relict of the poor elsewhere." [Kelly's Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]

• Church of England
  • Westey Waterless, St. Mary-the-Less: Records of baptisms 1559-1716, 1785-1914, marriages 1559-1707, 1755-1837, 1840-1987, burials 1557-1716, 1785-1999, banns for 1755-1811, 1857-1965 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1598-1670, 1683-1839 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed transcripts exist in Cambridgeshire Archives for baptisms 1559-1901, marriages 1559-1901, and burials 1557-1901. There are also microfilm copies of the registers for baptisms 1559-1716, 1785-1875, marriages 1559-1707, 1755-1875 and burials 1557-1716, 1785-1875. Parish register transcripts of Westley Waterless St Mary-the-Less, 1557-1902, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Publications list (search)

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

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• The War Memorial Plaque in the Church has been transcribed and the men 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 1710, 1798 (on microfilm), 1829-31, 1878-88 and 1931-1948.