RECORDS OF THE PARISH OF ST MARY BARTLOW

Ecclesiastical parish records deposited at County Record Office Cambridge were listed according to a scheme of numbered classes, not all of which are present for every parish. Additional records have been added to each class as they have been deposited, with the result that some series are broken and it may be necessary to look through the entire class to identify a full series.

Listed by Mary Sirault, June 1974, and P C Saunders, January 1977; amended and introduction supplied, May 2003.

The main body of records was deposited by the Rector in 1972, the tithe apportionment (ref P9/27/1) having been deposited by the churchwarden in 1970.

Bartlow is an ancient parish, in the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Ely.

Bartlow Hamlet, also known as Stevington End or Bartlow End, which seems to have been separately administered for poor law matters in the 18th and early 19th centuries, lay within the parish of Bartlow, but in the County of Essex. It was created a separate parish for civil purposes in 1866 (29& 30 Vic c 113), and was included in Linton Poor Law Union, but became part of Saffron Walden (Essex) Rural District in 1894, and was amalgamated with Ashdon parish, in Essex, in 1946. Parts of the parish of Bartlow were exchanged with parts of Ashdon in 1965 (Statutory Instrument 1964/366). The Essex part of Bartlow ecclesiastical parish was transferred in 1914 from Chelmsford to Ely Diocese.

The living is a rectory. From 1939 - 1945 it was held in plurality with Shudy Camps, and from 1946 - 1972 it was held with Horseheath. From 1972, the rector was instituted to Bartlow and Linton, under a pastoral scheme. In 1999 (Diocesan Directory) the parish was served by the Linton Team Ministry, who have responsibility for the parishes of Bartlow, Castle Camps, Horseheath, Linton, and Shudy Camps

In 1836, the parish was incorporated (for poor law and related purposes) into the Linton Poor Law Union. The civil (non-ecclesiastical) affairs of the parish have been separately governed since 1894.