Stapleford, Cambridgeshire

Stapleford is a village located approximately 4 miles to the south of

Stapleford is home to two pubs, The Rose and The Three Horseshoes,.[3] The village also is home to Saint Andrew's church, a primary school, several garages, two hairdressers, allotments, a youth football club, a cricket team and several farms.

Famous ex-residents include the racing driver Robert Huff, and the Nobel laureates Sir John Sulston (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2002) and Sir James Mirrlees (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1996), both of whom died in 2018.

From 1750 to 1755, John Berridge, the later evangelist, served as curate in Stapleford near Cambridge, riding out from Clare College. He performed his duties with "a sincere desire to do good". He preached and taught "the importance of sanctification". Yet, as Berridge later reflected, his ministry in Stapleford was fruitless because he neither believed nor preached the gospel of justification by faith. Because he believed that he was having "no beneficial effect, spiritual or moral" on his congregation, he resigned, later to become vicar of Everton, near Sandy.

Stapleford is twinned with

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.

• 2001 Census
• Stapleford Community Primary School
• Nachingwea Link Committee Website
• Saint Andrews church
• Stapleford Village website
• Neighbourhood Plan
• Stapleford Online community website
• The Stapleford History Society
• Stapleford Phoenix Cricket Club