Maxey, Cambridgeshire
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Maxey is a village in the Peterborough unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of
Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...
, England, located between Peterborough and Stamford and southwest of The Deepings. It is home to nearly 700 residents. The main focal points are the one remaining public house (Blue Bell), the Church (St Peter's) and the village hall. Each provides a range of social functions throughout the year. There are a surprising number of businesses based in the village, including a few working farms.


History

Once part of the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire, Maxey can trace its 'modern' roots back over 1,000 years. However, archaeological excavation of the area has provided ample evidence of continuous occupation for over 4,000 years. Lolham Bridges, on the outskirts of Maxey between Helpston and Bainton, were originally built in the Roman era to carry King Street over the floodplain of the River Welland. Rescue archaeology before gravel workings began revealed details of a large henge in Maxey. Discovered from aerial photographs in 1956 by J. K. St Joseph and last excavated by Francis Pryor in 1979-1981 the henge was 126 metres in diameter, one of the largest known. It was part of an entire landscape of
Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
features, including a cursus and barrows. Along with the large and mysterious ritual village at nearby Etton, this collection of sites has featured in Pryor's writing about large-scale ritual landscapes. The village web site has a detailed account of life in Maxey between the 9th and 12th centuries.


Surname

If your family has an uninterrupted bloodline, and no one decided to change their name by deed poll or similar, then you can be reasonably certain that anyone with the surname Maxey (or close derivative, i.e. Maxcy) has their ancestral origins in the village/environs of Maxey.


Businesses


Shaw's Coaches, Maxey. Bus services and coach outingsBlue Bell Public HouseM.C Vehicle Engineers


Notable people

* Sarah Cawood (born 1972), broadcaster * George Robinson (born 1997), actor


See also

* Lolham * Maxey Castle * Tom Bloodworth (1882 – 1974), New Zealand politician, born in Maxey * Glen Maxey * Marlon Maxey * Samuel B. Maxey * Macksey * Maxie (disambiguation)


References


External links


Maxey's Official WebsiteParish church of St Peter
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