Little Stukeley, Huntingdonshire
Historical Description
Stukeley, Little, a parish, with a compact village, in Huntingdonshire, 3 miles NNW of Huntingdon station, and 3 from Abbots Ripton station on the G.N.R. It has a post and money order office under Huntingdon; telegraph office, Alconbury. Acreage, 1523; population, 264. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £160 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church is a very ancient building, and was probably erected about the close of the 14th century; it is chiefly in the Perpendicular style, and has a beautiful arch, in the N aisle, of pellet moulding believed to be unique.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Huntingdonshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Little Stukeley St. Martin | |
Hundred | Hurstingstone | |
Poor Law union | Huntingdon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Little Stukeley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stukeley, Little (St. Martin))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Little Stukeley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)