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Graveley, Cambridgeshire

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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
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The village has one public house, the Three Horseshoes, which opened in the early 20th century. Prior to that, The Chequers served the village from the 1760s until it burnt down in c1900. After the fire, The White Lion opened but it closed in c1920.
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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 to fewer than 10 by the 1930s. Older children were moved to
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was merged into Cambridgeshire in 1974, its northern, western and southern borders were with Huntingdonshire parishes. Its eastern border follows a small stream that separates it from
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The parish of Graveley covers an area of 1,582 acres (640 ha) at the western end of the historical county of
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chancel was rebuilt in the mid-18th century. Further restoration was performed in 1874 and again in 1888.
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in 1948, and primary school children followed when the school finally closed in 1961.
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of 1086, the name is believed to mean "woodland clearing by the pit or trench".
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In 1941, an area of 106 acres (43 ha) straddling the border with
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barracks. The land returned to agricultural use in 1967.
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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
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and was used by bomber squadrons until the end of the
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Graveley is located in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference
TL2464
District
South Cambridgeshire
Shire county
Cambridgeshire
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PE19
Dialling code
Police
Cambridgeshire
Fire
Cambridgeshire
Ambulance
East of England
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°15′52″N 0°10′38″W / 52.2645°N 0.1771°W / 52.2645; -0.1771
civil parish
South
Cambridgeshire

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