In 1851 the government took a census of places of religious
worship, including Anglican, Roman Catholic and Nonconformist
churches. The returns show the name and denomination of each
building, the space available for worship, the attendance on Sunday
30, March 1851, and the average attendance for the previous year.
The returns were purely voluntary, so some churches and chapels
were not recorded.
Peterborough Central Library has a printed copy of the returns
for Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough (the originals are
at The National Archives).
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