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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place \| official_name= Graveley Line 4 ⟶ 5: \| region= East of England \| os_grid_reference= TL2464 \|coordinates = {{coord\|52.2645\|-0.1771\|display=inline,title}} ~~\| latitude= 52.2645~~ ~~\| longitude= -0.1771~~ \| post_town= St Neots \| postcode_area= PE Line 11: \| dial_code= 01480 \| shire_county= [[Cambridgeshire]] \|shire_district= [[~~Huntingdonshire~~South Cambridgeshire]] \|population= 223 \|population_ref= <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792342&c=graveley&d=16&e=15&g=427208&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1260635815812&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779\|title=2001 UK census: Graveley - Parish Headcounts\|accessdate=6 October 2016\|publisher=Office for National Statistics\|work=Neighbourhood Statistics\|archive-date=11 October 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011185847/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792342&c=graveley&d=16&e=15&g=427208&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1260635815812&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779\|url-status=dead}}</ref><br> (including Papworth St Agnes) 289 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123850&c=Graveley&d=16&e=62&g=6406759&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1468835479812&enc=1\|title=Civil Parish population 2011\|accessdate=18 July 2016\|publisher=Office for National Statistics\|work=Neighbourhood Statistics\|archive-date=21 October 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021060401/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123850&c=Graveley&d=16&e=62&g=6406759&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1468835479812&enc=1\|url-status=dead}}</ref> \|population_ref= <ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792342&c=graveley&d=16&e=15&g=427208&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1260635815812&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 2001 census]</ref> \|hide_services= \|static_image= Line 19: }} '''Graveley''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England\|civil parish]] in [[South Cambridgeshire\|South]] [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]]. ==History== The parish of Graveley covers an area of {{convert\|1582\|acre\|ha}} at the western end of the historical county of [[Cambridgeshire]]. Until [[Huntingdonshire]] was merged into Cambridgeshire in ~~1965~~1974, its ~~north~~northern, ~~west,~~western and ~~south~~southern borders were with Huntingdonshire parishes. Its eastern border follows a small stream that separates it from [[Papworth St Agnes]].<ref name=victoria>{{cite book\|title=A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely\|volume=9\|year=1989\|pages=320–322\|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15463}}</ref> In 1941, an area of {{convert\|106\|acre\|ha}} straddling the border with [[Offord Darcy]] was requisitioned by the government to form [[RAF Graveley\|Graveley airfield]] and was used by bomber squadrons until the end of the [[Second World War]]. The part in Graveley included the end of the main runway and a number of buildings. The airfield closed in 1946 but reopened in the late 50s as a relief airstrip for [[Oakington]] barracks. The land returned to agricultural use in 1967.<ref name=victoria/> Listed as ''Greflea'' in the 10th century and ''Gravelei'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, the name is believed to mean "woodland clearing by the pit or trench".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Graveley.html\|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names\|year=2003\|author=A. D. Mills}}</ref> ==Church== The parish church has been dedicated to [[St Botolph]] since at least the 14th century. The present building consists of a long chancel and a four-bay nave with north aisle, and a three-stage west tower. The present building largely dates from the 13th century, but fragments of a Norman building survive. The current tower dates from the 15th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the mid-18th century. Further restoration was performed in 1874 and again in 1888.<ref name=victoria/> The church has been in the patronage of [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], since 1558.<ref name=victoria/> ==Village life== [[File:Three Horseshoes, Graveley - geograph.org.uk - 806524.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|Three Horseshoes]] The village has one public house, the Three Horseshoes, ~~that~~which opened in the early 20th century. ~~Previous~~Prior to that, The Chequers served ~~between~~the village from the 1760s until it burnt down in ~~around~~c1900. ~~1900,~~After ~~after~~the ~~which~~fire, The White Lion opened, ~~closing~~but init ~~around~~closed in ~~1920~~c1920.<ref name=victoria/> From the 18th century, the village had a schoolmaster, and in 1872 a new schoolroom for 70 children was built. Numbers had fallen to 20 by 1900 and ~~under~~to fewer than 10 by the 1930s. Older children were moved to [[Croxton, Cambridgeshire\|Croxton]] in 1948, and primary school children followed when the school finally closed in 1961.<ref name=victoria/> ==References== Line 43: ==External links== {{Commons category -inline\|Graveley, Cambridgeshire}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110903033132/http://graveleyvillage.co.uk/ Village website] {{authority control}} [[Category:Graveley, Cambridgeshire\| ]] [[Category:Villages in Cambridgeshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire]] [[Category:South Cambridgeshire District]]