Waresley
Waresley | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | SANDY | |
Postcode district | SG19 | |
Dialling code | 01767 | |
Police | Cambridgeshire | |
Fire | Cambridgeshire | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Waresley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waresley-cum-Tetworth, in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Waresley lies approximately 11 miles (18 km) south of Huntingdon and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of the town of St Neots. Waresley is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.
At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Waresley parish was 293.
History
In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value.[3]
Waresley was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Toseland in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Wederesle, Wedreslei and Wedresleie in the Domesday Book.[4] In 1086 there were three manors at Waresley; the annual rent paid to the lords of the manors in 1066 had been £10.5 and the rent had fallen to £8.6 in 1086.[5]
The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there were 28 households at Waresley.[5] There is no consensus about the average size of a household at that time; estimates range from 3.5 to 5.0 people per household.[6] Using these figures then an estimate of the population of Waresley in 1086 is that it was within the range of 98 and 140 people.
The Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as
The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as
By 1086 there was already a church and a priest at Waresley.
The name Waresley probably means 'woodland clearing of a man called Wether or Wær. '[8] In 1801, Waresley's population stood at 195 people and in 1901, it was 216.[9]
Government
Waresley is part of the civil parish of Waresley-cum-Tetworth, which has a
Waresley was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Waresley became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire.
The second tier of local government is
For Waresley the highest tier of local government is
At Westminster Waresley is in the parliamentary constituency of
Geography
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 south and Huntingdon 10 miles north.
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Waresley was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 180 (the lowest was in 1811) and 295 (the highest was in 1851).[18]
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the
Parish |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
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Waresley | 192 | 183 | 167 | 170 | 183 | 202 | 249 | 217 | 231. 54954954955 |
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.[18]
Landmarks
Religious sites
Waresley has had three church buildings. The original church stood in the east of the village and was mentioned in the Domesday Book[9] 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[9] and was designed by William Butterfield. The church's spire blew down in a storm of March 1987,[21] just missing a bus-stop full of school kids that had left minutes before it came down,[citation needed] but it was rebuilt by John Charlton, Paul Raffles and Chris Phillips of Waymans.
References
- ISBN 9780319231722.
- ^ Cambridgeshire County Council: Parish Census Profile
- ISBN 0-141-00523-8.
- ISBN 0-141-00523-8.
- ^ a b c d e J.J.N. Palmer. "Open Domesday: Place – Waresley". www. opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Goose, Nigel; Hinde, Andrew. "Estimating Local Population Sizes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Village pump and drinking fountain 15 yards east of church (1211593)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ISBN 0-19-280074-4
- ^ a b c GENUKI: Waresley Parish Page
- ^ "Waresley-cum-Tetworth Parish Council: Parish Precept". /www. waresley.org.uk. Waresley-cum-Tetworth Parish Council. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Waresley-cum-Tetworth Parish Council: Councillors" (PDF). /www. waresley.org.uk. Waresley-cum-Tetworth Parish Council. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "The Huntingdonshire (Parishes) Order 2009" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www. huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council". www. huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire County Council". www. cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors". www. cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011" (xlsx – download). www. cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Cambridgeshire Insight. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Natural England: Waresley Wood
- ^ Wildlife Trust: Waresley Wood
- ^ "Waresley, History".