Waresley

Infobox UK place
official_name= Waresley
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL253536
latitude= 52.17
longitude= -0.17
post_town= SANDY
postcode_area= SG
postcode_district= SG19
dial_code= 01767
shire_county= Cambridgeshire
shire_district= Huntingdonshire
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Waresley is a village and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is five miles south-east of the town of St Neots and seven miles north-east of Sandy, Bedfordshire. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Waresley parish (including the parish of Tetworth) was 283. [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/62582016-1395-4D8B-A198-4755A2B6F2B8/0/TetworthandWaresley.pdf Cambridgeshire County Council: Parish Census Profile] ]

History

Waresley was mentioned in the Domesday book, spelled as "Wederesle". The name probably means 'woodland clearing of a man called Wether or Wær.' [Mills, A.D. (1998). A Dictionary of English Place-names. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p365. ISBN 0-19-280074-4] In 1801, Waresley's population stood at 195 people and in 1901, it was 216.

Governance

Waresley is represented on Huntingdonshire District Council by two councillors for the Gransden and the Offords ward. [ [http://applications.huntsdc.gov.uk/moderngov/mgFindCouncillor.aspx?J=2 Huntingdonshire District Council: Find councillor] ] It is in the constituency of Huntingdon, represented at the House of Commons by Jonathan Djanogly. [ [http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons/l/ UK Parliament: Find your MP] ]

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 miles south and Huntingdon 10 miles north.

Landmarks

Waresley Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, [ [http://www.englishnature.gov.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003156 Natural England: Waresley Wood] ] is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. [ [http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/reserves/reserve.php?reserveid=73 Wildlife Trust: Waresley Wood] ] Waresley Park, a former deer park, is now used as a base for training three-day event horses. [http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/Community+and+People/Neighbourhood-village/Towns+and+Villages/Waresley.htm Huntingdonshire District Council: Waresley] ]

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 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 [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Waresley/ GENUKI: Waresley Parish Page] ] and was designed by William Butterfield. The Great Storm of 1987 destroyed the church's spire but it was rebuilt.

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