Place:Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England

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NameGraveley
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.264°N 0.177°W
Located inCambridgeshire, England
Also located inHuntingdon and Peterborough, England     (1965 - 1974)
Cambridgeshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoToseland Hundred, Huntingdonshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Papworth Hundred, Cambridgeshire, Englandhundred in which it was also located
St. Neots Rural, Huntingdonshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974 (western part)
Caxton and Arrington Rural, Cambridgeshire, England1894-1935 (eastern part)
Chesterton Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district 1935-1974 (eastern part)
South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality of which it has been part since 1974

NOTE: As will be shown below, Graveley parish has been transferred and sometimes split between Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, particularly since the concept of civil parishes was adopted in the mid 19th century.


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Graveley is a village and civil parish since 1974 in the South Cambridgeshire District of Cambridgeshire. Prior to 1974 it was split east and west between Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

The parish of Graveley covers an area of 1,582 acres (640 ha) at the western end of the historical county of Cambridgeshire. Until the county of Huntingdonshire was merged into Cambridgeshire in 1974, its northern, western and southern borders were with Huntingdonshire parishes. Its eastern border follows a small stream that separates it from Papworth St. Agnes.

A Vision of Britain through Time states that between 1894 and 1935 Graveley was split between St. Neots Rural District in Huntingdonshire and Caxton and Arrington Rural District in Cambridgeshire. After 1935 the division was between St. Neots Rural District and Chesteron Rural District.

In 1941, an area of 106 acres (43 ha) straddling the border with Offord Darcy parish was requisitioned by the government to form Graveley airfield and was used by bomber squadrons until the end of the Second World War. The section in Graveley parish included the end of the main runway and a number of buildings. The airfield closed in 1946 but reopened in the late 50s as a relief airstrip for Oakington barracks. The land returned to agricultural use in 1967. A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Graveley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"GRAVELEY, a parish in the [registration] district of St. Neots and county of Cambridge; continuous to Hunts, 3½ miles SE of Offord [railway] station, and 5 NE of St. Neots. It has a post office under Huntingdon. Acres: 1,558. Real property: £1,549. Population: 301. Houses: 59. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value: £312. Patron: Jesus' College,....[Pri]mitive Methodist chapel, and charities £48."

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Research Tips

  • Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
  • The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for all the ancient parishes of Huntingdonshire and these can be purchased from the Society as pdfs.
  • A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page. Volume 2 (published 1932) covers Hurstingstone and Toseland hundreds (index of parishes); Leightonstone and Norman Cross Hundreds (index of parishes) are found in Volume 3 (published 1936). Volume 1 is a part-volume describing the religious houses of the county.
  • GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
  • Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
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