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Woodland on Magog Down - Thinning Programme Woodlands were established on Magog Down in 1990 with high density planting with the intention of thinning to yield a harvest of crop poles in 12-15 years as an income stream for the trust. However, with the influx of cheaper poles from Eastern Europe at that time, the market for...
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For further information about At Andrew’s look at other pages on this website or go to the St Andrew’s...
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Stapleford Strollers 2012 The Strollers, the brainchild of Keith Dixon, will be four years old come next April. For the first time, the ghastly prospect of having to repeat past walks – albeit by doing them in the reverse direction – is raising its head. I say ghastly because, as the regular correspondent, doing a...
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More About Our Village
Stapleford lies seven kilometres SE of Cambridge. The river Granta could be forded there, though the ford has long since been replaced by a bridge.
The population has grown greatly over the last two hundred years. At the 1801 census there were 235 people and in 1831 464. Numbers reached a peak of 594 in 1871, a number not exceeded until 1931 when they attained 636. Since then numbers have grown steadily, to 831 in 1951, 1548 in 1961, 1567 in 1971, 1668 in 1981 and 1749 in 1991, falling back slightly to 1740 in 2001. The estimated figure in 2010 was 1880. The boundaries of the parish remained almost unchanged until 1985, when three dwellings on the further side of the old ford were gained from Sawston. The ancient parish contained 1835 acres (743 hectares).
The village has a primary school (the Community Primary School), a church hall (the Johnson Hall), a church
(St Andrew’s), two Public Houses, The Tree, and The Rose, but lost its post office in 2005.
The pavilion, on the recreation ground, was completely renovated in 2012 and re-named the Jubilee Pavilion to mark the diamond jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Stapleford established a twinning link with Villedomer situated in the Loire Valley, France, near to Tours. More information about the link can be found on other pages in the website.
Wandlebury, with 110 acres (40 ha) of woods and chalk grassland, the remains of a 5th Century BC Iron Age Hill Fort (a Scheduled Ancient Monument), walks over some 8 miles (12 km) of meandering footpaths, lies in the north-east corner of the parish.
The Magog Down is an area for restoration, conservation and informal recreation on the Gog Magog Hills just south of the boundary of the City of Cambridge, off the A1307 road to Linton and on Haverhill Road, Stapleford.
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May 12, 2013 |
Neighbourhood Watch
Stapleford Community Activities Group Are you interested in Neighbourhood Watch? We are...
March 1, 2013 |
Stapleford History Society
A booklet was issued to all the children of the village over the Jubilee weekend outlining the history of...
February 15, 2013 |
Stapleford Bird Club
STAPLEFORD BIRD CLUB Thank you to Simon Deans www.birds.deansfamily.com for the use of the chaffinch...
January 1, 2013 |
Booking the Pavilion
For details of Pavilion hire charges, to download a booking form and conditions of booking please look under...
December 15, 2012 |
Twinning News
Stapleford Twinning Association The AGM on the 20th November reminded us that another year of Twinning activities...