Steeple Gidding

Steeple Gidding
Steeple Gidding is located in Cambridgeshire
Steeple Gidding
Steeple Gidding
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population38 (2001 census)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°25′09″N 0°19′49″W / 52.419082°N 0.33030866°W / 52.419082; -0.33030866

Steeple Gidding is a village in the civil parish of Hamerton and Steeple Gidding, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 24 miles (39 km) from Cambridge.[1] In 2001 the parish had a population of 38.[2] Steeple Gidding has a church called St Andrew's Church.[3] Steeple Gidding is one of the Giddings which also comprises the villages of Great Gidding and Little Gidding.[4]

History

The name "Steeple Gidding" means 'Gydda's/Gydela's people'.[5] Steeple Gidding was recorded in the Domesday Book as Redinges.[6] Steeple Gidding was "Redinges", in the 11th century, "Giddingges" and "Giddinge" in the 12th century and "Stepel Geddynge" in the 15th century.[7]

Steeple Gidding was in Leightonstone hundred.[8] In 1894 Steeple Gidding became part of Huntingdon Rural District.[9] In 1965 it became part of Huntingdon and Peterborough, in 1974 it became part of Huntingdon non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

References

  1. ^ "Distance from Steeple Gidding [52.418846, -0.333965]". GENUKI. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics
  3. ^ "Parish Church of St Andrew". Historic England. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ "About". The Giddings. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Steeple Gidding Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Place name: Steeple Gidding". The National Archives. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Parishes: Steeple Gidding". British History Online. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Steeple Gidding". GENUKI. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Steeple Gidding Parish (CP/AP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2025.