Population 210 (2011) Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Friday 3:37 PM District South Cambridgeshire UK parliament constituency South Cambridgeshire | OS grid reference TL395605 Country England Post town CAMBRIDGE Shire county Cambridgeshire Dialling code 01954 | |
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Cambridge road madingley
Madingley is a village near Coton and Dry Drayton on the western outskirts of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 210. Known as Madingelei in the Domesday Book, the village's name means "Woodland clearing of the family or followers of a man called Mada".
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- Cambridge road madingley
- Map of Madingley Cambridge UK
- Madingley memorial day cambridge american cemetery monday may 27th 2013
- Madingley Hall
- Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
- Village life
- References
Map of Madingley, Cambridge, UK
Madingley memorial day cambridge american cemetery monday may 27th 2013
Madingley Hall
The village is home to Madingley Hall, which was built by Sir John Hynde in 1543 and occupied as a residence by his descendants until the 1860s. It is surrounded by parkland. Queen Victoria rented the Hall in 1860 for her son Edward (the future King Edward VII) to live in while he was an undergraduate at Cambridge University. The family sold the Hall in 1871.
The Hall and its surrounding park and farmland have been owned by the University of Cambridge since 1948 and is currently the home of the Institute of Continuing Education.
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a cemetery and chapel dedicated to American servicemen opened in 1956, on the southern edge of the village beside the road from Cambridge to St Neots. The 30½ acres were donated by the University of Cambridge.
3812 American military dead are buried in the cemetery. In addition, the names of 5127 are inscribed on the Wall of the Missing, Americans who lost their lives but whose remains were never recovered or identified. Most of these died in the Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) or in the strategic air bombardment of Northwest Europe during World War II.
Village life
The village's former public house, The Three Horseshoes, is now a restaurant though it still has a bar that serves beer. The village has an independent pre-preparatory school which caters for reception to year-two students. The village's community spirit is exemplified by the yearly quiz. There is also a village church, which takes services weekly. The church has a 12th-century canonical sundial on the south wall.
The village has two cricket teams, both playing in the Cambridgeshire Cricket Association leagues and one cricket team playing in the Cambridge Business House Midweek League.