Sapley

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Sapley
The Longbow public house, Sapley
Sapley is located in Cambridgeshire
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52°21′01″N 0°10′34″W / 52.35021°N 0.1761°W / 52.35021; -0.1761

Sapley is a historic village in Cambridgeshire, now a suburb of Huntingdon, in the Huntingdonshire district.[1]

History

The historic Sapley Forest was owned by the Cromwell family.[2]

Until 1858 Sapley was an extra-parochial area,[3] in 1851 the extra-parochial area had a population of 13.[4]

Sapley Park is the main area of Sapley.[5] In May 2017, a memorial was unveiled in Sapley Park dedicated to the Oxmoor plane crash.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire.gov.uk". Huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Parishes: Hartford cum Sapley | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sapley (Extra-parochial Area) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Population statistics Sapley through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sapley Park - Huntingdon". How Are You Hunts?. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Memorial service to mark 40th anniversary of Oxmoor plane crash". The Hunts Post. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

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