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Church, Waresley, Cambridgeshire |
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Waresley
Waresley shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| OS grid reference | TL253536 |
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| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SANDY |
| Postcode district | SG19 |
| Dialling code | 01767 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
Waresley is a village and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.[1] It is five miles south-east of the town of St Neots and seven miles north-east of Sandy, Bedfordshire. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Waresley parish (including the parish of Tetworth) was 283.[2]
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Waresley was mentioned in the Domesday book, spelled as Wederesle. The name probably means 'woodland clearing of a man called Wether or Wær.'[3] In 1801, Waresley's population stood at 195 people and in 1901, it was 216.[4]
Waresley is represented on Huntingdonshire District Council by two councillors for the Gransden and the Offords ward.[5] It is in the constituency of Huntingdon, represented at the House of Commons by Jonathan Djanogly.[6]
| Eynesbury Hardwicke | Abbotsley | Great Gransden | ||
| Tetworth | Little Gransden | |||
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| Tetworth | Gamlingay | Gamlingay |
Waresley is on the B1040 road between Gamlingay and Eltisley, five miles south-east of the town of St Neots and seven miles north-east of Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. London is 45 miles miles south and Huntingdon 10 miles north.
Waresley Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest,[7] is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough.[8] Waresley Park, a former deer park landscaped by the 18th Century designer Humphry Repton, is now used as a base for horse training.
Waresley has had three church buildings. The original church stood in the east of the village and was mentioned in the Domesday Book[4] but was destroyed by a storm in 1724. In 1728, it was rebuilt but was pulled down and the current church built on a new site, at the junction of the roads to Great Gransden and Eltisley in 1856. It is dedicated to Saint James[4] and was designed by William Butterfield. The Great Storm of 1987 destroyed the church's spire but it was rebuilt.[1]
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