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Eltisley
Eltisley is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, on the A428 road about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of St Neots and about 11 miles (18 km) west of the city of Cambridge. The population in 2022 was 390 people.
The name 'Eltisley' hints at its origin as an Anglo-Saxon settlement among woodland. Eltisley (Hecteslei) is mentioned in the Domesday Book:
"In Longstow Hundred. The Canons of Bayeux hold 3 hides in Eltisley. Land for 9 ploughs. In lordship 1½ hides; 3 ploughs there; 6 villagers with 10 smallholders have 6 ploughs. 5 cottagers; 6 slaves. Meadow for 3 ploughs; woodland, 20 pigs. The total value is and always was £13. Earl Algar held this manor"..
Eltisley has a large village green, which is at the junction of two ancient roads running from Cambridge to St Neots and from St Ives to Potton. The church, dedicated to St Pandionia and St John the Baptist, stands immediately west of the green and several buildings from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries stand along its edge, suggesting that the green has been at the centre of the village for a long time. Henry Denne, the Puritan Baptist cleric, was appointed vicar of Eltisley, and became an influential figure wishing for further reformation in the Church of England. In 1868 it was earmarked for parishioners' recreation and exercise, and cricket is played there in summer. Eltisley Cricket Club was established in 1854 and a thatched pavilion stands on the village green. In 1967 an episode of the ITV television series The Prisoner filmed location scenes featuring a cricket match, for the episode The Girl who was Death, on this green.
Until 1868, when it was turned into allotments, another green was sited to the east. It appears that there have been at least two centres to the village since medieval times, and in 1456, villagers were distinguished as living in either 'le Estende' or 'le Upende'.
Eighteenth-century diarist, John Byng toured through Eltisley in 1794, describing a scene of poverty and neglect. He described the village as 'a place so deplorable as I hope to be unmatched in Britain'. He met 'two male human beings - whose nakedness was not concealed by rags', and walked around 'the wretched church-yard'.
The parish's population doubled between 1801 and 1871, possibly because of its good road links. In addition to the St Neots–Cambridge and St Ives–Potton roads, the lane towards Caxton may also have been important (judging from its impact on that end of the village, which is known locally as Caxton End). After 1871 the population began to decline, and by 1961 only 253 people lived in Eltisley parish.
During World War II, several babies were born in Mill House on The Green in Eltisley, the local nurse–midwife, Mrs Nell Rose (1905-1990), having taken in pregnant mothers for their confinements. In 2000, the Eltisley Historical Society published The Eltisley Millennium Book, which records the history of the village and the village as it was in the year 2000.
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Eltisley
Eltisley is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, on the A428 road about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of St Neots and about 11 miles (18 km) west of the city of Cambridge. The population in 2022 was 390 people.
The name 'Eltisley' hints at its origin as an Anglo-Saxon settlement among woodland. Eltisley (Hecteslei) is mentioned in the Domesday Book:
"In Longstow Hundred. The Canons of Bayeux hold 3 hides in Eltisley. Land for 9 ploughs. In lordship 1½ hides; 3 ploughs there; 6 villagers with 10 smallholders have 6 ploughs. 5 cottagers; 6 slaves. Meadow for 3 ploughs; woodland, 20 pigs. The total value is and always was £13. Earl Algar held this manor"..
Eltisley has a large village green, which is at the junction of two ancient roads running from Cambridge to St Neots and from St Ives to Potton. The church, dedicated to St Pandionia and St John the Baptist, stands immediately west of the green and several buildings from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries stand along its edge, suggesting that the green has been at the centre of the village for a long time. Henry Denne, the Puritan Baptist cleric, was appointed vicar of Eltisley, and became an influential figure wishing for further reformation in the Church of England. In 1868 it was earmarked for parishioners' recreation and exercise, and cricket is played there in summer. Eltisley Cricket Club was established in 1854 and a thatched pavilion stands on the village green. In 1967 an episode of the ITV television series The Prisoner filmed location scenes featuring a cricket match, for the episode The Girl who was Death, on this green.
Until 1868, when it was turned into allotments, another green was sited to the east. It appears that there have been at least two centres to the village since medieval times, and in 1456, villagers were distinguished as living in either 'le Estende' or 'le Upende'.
Eighteenth-century diarist, John Byng toured through Eltisley in 1794, describing a scene of poverty and neglect. He described the village as 'a place so deplorable as I hope to be unmatched in Britain'. He met 'two male human beings - whose nakedness was not concealed by rags', and walked around 'the wretched church-yard'.
The parish's population doubled between 1801 and 1871, possibly because of its good road links. In addition to the St Neots–Cambridge and St Ives–Potton roads, the lane towards Caxton may also have been important (judging from its impact on that end of the village, which is known locally as Caxton End). After 1871 the population began to decline, and by 1961 only 253 people lived in Eltisley parish.
During World War II, several babies were born in Mill House on The Green in Eltisley, the local nurse–midwife, Mrs Nell Rose (1905-1990), having taken in pregnant mothers for their confinements. In 2000, the Eltisley Historical Society published The Eltisley Millennium Book, which records the history of the village and the village as it was in the year 2000.
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