|
Graveley (other)
Graveley may refer to: * Graveley, Hertfordshire * Graveley, Cambridgeshire Graveley is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. History The parish of Graveley covers an area of at the western end of the historical county of Cambridgeshire. Until Huntingdonshire was merged into Cambridgeshire in 197 ... See also * Gravely (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graveley, Hertfordshire
Graveley is a village and civil parish about four miles east of Hitchin and two miles north of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The population of the parish in the 2011 census was 487. A milestone in the village states that it is 33 miles from London. History Graveley is mentioned in the Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus .... It was granted by William the Conqueror to Goisbert of Beauvais. The village is built on a Roman road, which developed into a section of the Great North Road. The village was by-passed by the A1 (M) motorway in the 1960s. Parish boundaries The parish absorbed the site of a lost settlement, Chesfield (or Chivesfield), about a mile to the east of Graveley; little remains there apart from the ruined walls of its 14th-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graveley, Cambridgeshire
Graveley is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. History The parish of Graveley covers an area of at the western end of the historical county of Cambridgeshire. Until Huntingdonshire 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 Papworth St Agnes. In 1941, an area of straddling the border with Offord Darcy was requisitioned by the government to form 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. 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
