Place:Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, England

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NameHaslingfield
Alt namesMelfordssource: manor in parish
Scales Minchinssource: manor in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.15°N 0.0533°E
Located inCambridgeshire, England
See alsoWetherley Hundred, Cambridgeshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Caxton and Arrington Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district 1894-1934
South Cambridgeshire Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district 1934-1974
South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Haslingfield is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire District of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about six miles southwest of Cambridge, between Harleton, Barton and Barrington. The population in the 2001 UK census was 1,550 people living in 621 households, reducing at the 2011 UK Census to a population of 1,507 living in 626 households.

The main streets in the village are called High Street and New Road which together form an approximate circle around the Manor House. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and was consecrated in 1352. While much of the building dates from the 14th Century, the chancel walls date from the 12th century.

The Tudor manor house was built by Sir Thomas Wendy (1499/1500 – 1560) was the royal physician to Henry VIII of England, a Member of Parliament and a member of the King's Privy Chamber. He was also Haslingfield's lord of the manor at the time. The house used to be Haslingfield Hall, a large mansion. Only one wing remains.

Research Tips

  • Original historical documents relating to Cambridgeshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS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 many if not all the ancient parishes of Cambridgeshire and these can be purchased from the Society as separate pdfs.
  • A History of the County of Cambridge. Seven 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. From the numbering it would appear that some parts of the county are yet to be published online, but the first two volumes for any county are of little interest to the genealogist. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each parish is listed in the volume's content page.
  • GENUKI has a page on Cambridgeshire 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. Each parish page includes a map of the parish provided by Open Street Maps.
  • 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" for each parish and borough leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974.
  • Map of Cambridgeshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of Cambridge divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
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