England and Wales Register, September 1939
Pages One and Two - Parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Wartime Register for the Parish of Wimpole (and a little bit of Orwell).
Page One
Page Two
NOTES:
The 1939 Register provides a snapshot of the civilian population of England and Wales just after the outbreak of the Second World War. As the 1931 census for England and Wales was destroyed by fire during the Second World War and no census was taken in 1941, the Register provides the most complete survey of the population of England and Wales between 1921 and 1951, making it an invaluable resource for family, social and local historians.
The 1939 Register was taken on 29 September 1939. The information was used to produce identity cards and, once rationing was introduced in January 1940, to issue ration books. Information in the Register was also used to administer conscription and the direction of labour, and to monitor and control the movement of the population caused by military mobilisation and mass evacuation.
The Register has a number of blacked-out lines [= Record Closed], indicating that the record is unavailable because the individual may still be alive. The 1939 national register is constantly being updated and entries 'opened', either under the 100-year rule or against evidence of death.
There are eight pages in the 1939 Register relating all or in part to the modern-day Parish of Wimpole, each listing 44 individuals per page. Pages One and Page Two are below.
The columns shown below are (left to right):
- Address.
- Name.
- Gender (Male, Female).
- Date of Birth. (DD/MM/YYYY format)
- Marital Status (Married, Widow,
Widowed, Single).
- Occupation.
Any other information/comments additional to the Register are shown using [italic text within square brackets] mostly in the Occupation column.
Modern-day addresses (where different and identifiable) are added in [red text within brackets] in the Occupation column.
The full set:
Page One: Orwell, Cambridge Road ('Fox and Hounds' to Rose Cottages)
Page Two: Orwell, Cambridge Road (Rose Cottages to Hillside)
England and Wales Register, Page One September 1939, Cambridge Road, Parish of Orwell [* see below]
* This register page of 44 line entries covers part of the village of Orwell along Cambridge Road, in the Parish of Orwell. In April 1999, a parish boundary change transferred all these properties here listed into the village of Wimpole in the Parish of Wimpole.
Addresses given run along the south side of Cambridge Road (A603), from west to east, from the 'Fox & Hounds' PH to the seven plus three c1875 terrace ('Rose Cottages').
Boiler Attendant.
Retired Royal Navy, Leading Stoker K5355. [served 1914-1928] [31-16 Cambridge Road]
" (2/4)
Dorothy W A Meddows
F
20/02/1905
M
Unpaid Domestic Duties
" (3/4)
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[Record Closed]
[Note: (4/4) G N Meddows at last address above is the first entry on Page Two below]
Continued on Page Two below...
England and Wales Register, Page Two September 1939, Cambridge Road, Parish of Orwell [* see below]
*This register page of 44 line entries covers part of the village of Orwell along Cambridge Road, in the Parish of Orwell. In April 1999, a parish boundary change transferred the first two Orwell properties listed below into the village of Wimpole in the Parish of Wimpole.
Addresses given here run along both sides of Cambridge Road (A603), from west to east, from the last two houses in the c1875 terrace ('Rose Cottages') on the south side of Cambridge Road in present-day Wimpole down to Victoria Lodge [now demolished] and the start of the properties in Hillside. All the properties listed here lie within a few metres of the Wimpole Estate and as some of the residents listed are known 'Wimpole' families with children attending Wimpole Village School, I have chosen to include the complete page for reference.
