Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire

Historical Description

Gidding, Steeple, a village and a parish in Huntingdonshire, on Alconbury brook, 7 miles S by W of Stilton, and 7 SW by S of Holme station on the G.N.R. Post town, Peterboro'; money order and telegraph office, Sawtry. Acreage, 1102; population, 93. The manor belonged formerly to the Cottons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £141 with residence. The church is ancient but good, has a spire, and contains monuments of the Cottons.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Steeple Gidding from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Gidding, Steeple (St. Andrew))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Steeple Gidding 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)