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Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England about 14 miles (23 km) west southwest of Cambridge. The 2011 census gives the village's population as 3,247 and the civil parish's as 3,568.
Welcome to Gamlingay, a hidden gem waiting to be discovered! Nestled in the heart of Cambridgeshire, this picturesque village offers a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. From delightful local shops and cozy cafes to scenic trails and cultural attractions, Gamlingay has something to captivate every visitor.
Guided Tour. The first written record of Gamlingay comes from around the Year 975. From the middle of the thirteenth century onwards there is a mass of evidence about the village and its inhabitants. A disastrous fire in 1600 wiped away most of the medieval and Tudor buildings, though a handful survived both the flames and the 400 years since.
Gamlingay lies at the North East boarder of Greensand Country. An ancient village featured in the Domesday Book, Gamlingay is steeped in history, with many listed buildings in the village. There has been a settlement on the site since the middle Bronze Age and potentially earlier.
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Gamlingay is 14 miles west of the county town, Cambridge, and just five miles southeast of St Neots in Huntingdonshire. It is north of the village of Potton (Bedfordshire) and southwest of Waresley(Huntingdonshire). Most of the central parish is on the Lower Greensand; the soil in the eastern part of the parish is clay with gault subsoil. Three nat...
The parish church is St Mary the Virgin. It was built around the 12th century in the Early English style with a square tower (now containing eight bells) from field stones and local ironstone. Gamlingay is part of the parish of Gamlingay with Hatley St George and East Hatley. A church existed in the parish before 1120. The village's first Baptist c...
An village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Gamelingei, form the Old English for "Gamela's people's meadow". There has been occupation here since the middle Bronze Age and there are signs of occupation from the middle Stone Age. The village may have first been established around a central green south of the High Street (now known as Church...
Gamlingay is now largely a commuter village: about half of its employed residents work outside Cambridgeshire. Farming, mainly arable, was the primary employer in Gamlingay for many centuries. A third of the parish was cultivated in 1801, with wheat the main crop, then barley and peas. In 1937, there were 12 smallholders and 11 market gardeners. Th...
A war memorial, built from Cornish granite, stands outside Gamlingay Village College and commemorates men from the village who died in the First and Second World Wars. Two timber-framed buildings in the village date from the late 15th or early 16th centuries: Emplins,a large house near the church, and Merton Manor Farm. A total of 60 buildings in G...
The B1040 road runs through Gamlingay from Potton to the A14 near Hilton. Minor roads lead to Hatley, Everton and Little Gransden. The nearest railway station is at Sandyin Bedfordshire.
Local amenities include pubs, shops, sports fields, a community centre, clubs and societies, nursery schools and a Grade II listed telephone box. Gamlingay is also home to Gamlingay Eco Huband has its own community music charity, Gamlingay Records.
James Brown, Gamlingay: Six Hundred Years of Life in an English Village(London: Cassell, 1989)James Brown, Villagers: 750 Years of Life in an English Village(Amberley Publishing, 2011)More by sheer good fortune than anything else, Gamlingay must be one of the best-documented villages in England. This brief canter through its history can only kick up a few small divots from the mass of evidence that has survived.
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