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Great Stukeley

Stiuecle (xi cent.), Stiueclai, Stiuekelea (xii cent.), Styuecle, Magna Steuccle, Stiuekle (xiii cent.), Stuecle (xv cent.), Stewkeley, Stukelie, Steukeley (xvi cent.).

The parish of Great Stukeley lies in the centre of the county, adjoining Huntingdon on the south. The land is low-lying and fertile. Towards the south-west where Alconbury brook forms part of the boundary, the pasture land is liable to flood, the highset land being to the north-east.

The parish is mainly arable land, the soil being clay, but there is a small amount of woodland; the principal crops being wheat, barley and beans.

The scattered village lies on both sides of Ermine Street, the Roman road which crosses the parish from Peterbrough to Huntingdon. The village is divided into three districts. Church End, with the church, vicarage, school, Wesleyan chapel and some houses and cottages form the more westerly portion. Owl End to the north-east, bordering on Stukeley Hall and park and some farms; further to the north-east is Prestley Wood in which there is a moated enclosure marking the site of Prestley Manor. To the south is Green End comprising the main housing area.

In 1935, the civil parish was abolished; part of the parish went to Huntingdon, and a new parish called "The Stukeleys" was created with Little Stukeley.

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Cemeteries

Monumental Inscriptions for Great Stukeley have not yet been recorded by the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Census

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.

The full 1841 Census of Great Stukeley is available as fiche set C117.

The full 1851 Census of Great Stukeley is available as fiche set C67.

A Surname Index of the 1881 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District, in which Great Stukeley was enumerated (RG11/1602, Folios 77a - 86a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C3.

A full transcription of the 1891 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District (RG12/1237) in which Great Stukeley was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, is available as fiche set C9.

The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Church History

OS Grid Square TL 217746

The church of St Bartholomew consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower and a south porch. The walls are of rubble with stone dressing and the roofs are covered in tiles and lead

Although mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, nothing remains of this church, in-situ, but numerous stones built into the walls indicate a stone church of the 12th cent. The earliest part of the present structure are the north arcade (circa. 1250); the south arcade, south aisle and chancel are of a slightly later date. In the ealy years of the 14th cent., the present very wide north aisle was built and apparently the east and west bays of the arcade were rebuilt.

The 15th cent. saw much building in progress at this church beginning with the rebuilding of the chancel arch about 1430, following on with the rebuilding of the middle part of the south aisle wall and the building of the south porch about 1470. Much about the same time saw the commencement of the tower which was not finished until later, and finally the addition of a clearstory to the nave. The porch was much altered in the 17th cent., and partially rebuilt in 1913. The whole church was restored about the middle of the 19th cent., and again in 1909/10.

Church Records

Baptisms: 1569-1584, 1598-1652, 1671-1776, 1776-1812, 1813-1873.
Banns: 1754-1811.
Marriages: 1569-1582, 1598-1652, 1671-1754, 1754-1811, 1813-1837, 1837-1964.
Burials: 1569-1584/5, 1598-1652, 1671-1776, 1777-1812, 1813-1949.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1610, 1612, 1617-19, 1625-7, 1629, 1662-3, 1671, 1673/1686-8, 1690-6, 1699-1700, 1704-7, 1709-13, 1715-16, 1718, 1720, 1722-30, 1732, 1734, 1736-9, 1741-51, 1753, 1757, 1759-64, 1766-73, 1775-83, 1789-1813/1813-24/1825-1844, 1847-58.

These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.

The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.