Haslingfield - a beautiful gem in the Cambridgeshire countryside

Set in gently rolling countryside just 7 miles from Cambridge, Haslingfield is an idyllic village perfectly situated with excellent road links to the A10 and junctions 11 and 12 of the M11. There is an excellent primary school in the village, with Cambridge offering a wide selection of private and state educational facilities. Haslingefeld first appears in the domesday book with a population of 400, but there is archaeological evidence of people living in the vicinity 3000 years ago. An Anglo-Saxon cemetery was discovered in the 1870’s on Cantelupe road.

The name Haslingfield is thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon suffix ‘field‘ meaning cleared land in site of woods, while Hasling probably derives from the Haeslingas a local band of people that lived here. The church was consecrated in 1352, but the present chancel walls date from the 12th century. The Tudor manor house was built by Sir Thomas Wendy, Lord of the Manor at the time, and used to be a very large house; today only one wing of the house remains. The village sign shows Queen Elizabeth I who stayed one night at the Manor in the year 1564. During her stay she is supposed to have lost a ring and although this has never been found a number of ring hunts have
been held in recent times. More recently, The Earl de La Warr sold his estates in Haslingfield to John Chivers who planted fruit orchards for his jam-making factory in nearby Histon.

A great range of facilities provide
the perfect place for family life