Memorials & monuments · East of England
Haslingfield
In or near Haslingfield.
Haslingfield — Monument, dating to 1984-09-29.
Keith Edkins — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Foxton · 3.4 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Haslingfield memorial, the nearest railway station is Foxton, located 3.4 km away. The postcode for navigation is CB23 1JR, and entry is free.
About
Haslingfield is a public memorial in Cambridgeshire, London, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. It sits within the South Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Foxton, about 3.4 km away. Postcode area CB23.
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From the Wikipedia article
Haslingfield (haiz-ling-field) is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about six miles south-west of Cambridge, between Harston, Barton and Barrington. The population in the 2001 census was 1,550 people living in 621 households, reducing at the 2011 Census to a population of 1,507 living in 626 households. The main streets in the village are called High Street and New Road and together they form an approximate circle around the Manor House. The village contains Haslingfield Primary School and All Saints Church.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Haslingefeld appears in the Domesday Book with a population of 400, but there is archaeological evidence of people living in the vicinity 3,000 years ago . An Anglo-Saxon cemetery was discovered in the 1870s on Cantelupe Road, but unfortunately not carefully excavated. The name Haslingfield is thought to be derived as follows: -field is an Anglo-Saxon suffix meaning cleared land in site of woods, while Hasling probably derives from the Haeslingas, a local band of people that lived here. In a hypothesis, the valley of the Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire is put forward as the location of the Battle of Brunanburh fought in 937. The battle, the location of which is unknown and has been speculated…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.1501, 0.0523
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Parish
- Haslingfield
- Postcode
- CB23 1JR
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Nearest railway station
- Foxton — 3.4 km
Sources
- osm: n2573172753 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Haslingfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Haslingfield?
- Haslingfield is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode CB23 1JR), in the parish of Haslingfield.
- What is Haslingfield?
- Haslingfield — Monument, dating to 1984-09-29.
- How do I get to Haslingfield?
- The nearest railway station is Foxton, about 3.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode CB23 1JR.
- Is Haslingfield free to visit?
- Yes, Haslingfield is free to enter.
- How do I get to Haslingfield?
- The nearest railway station is Foxton, about 3.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CB23 1JR.