Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1932.

STEEPLE GIDDING:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

"STEEPLE GIDDING, the parish of Steeple Gidding is about half arable and half pasture; the sub-soil is Oxford clay and the soil is heavy clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The parish lies between Little Gidding, Hamerton and Coppingford. Its north-eastern boundary is roughly formed by the low ridge which separates it from Sawtry, and the southern by he Alconbury Brook. From the footbridge which crosses the brook, the boundary runs in a north-easterly direction and passes along the east side of the Foxcovert, up Anger Hill to cross the road which connects all the Giddings, when it is defined by field boundaries as far as the Bullock Road. Here it reaches the northern most point of the parish, near Coldharbour Farm. It then turns south-eastwards along the Bullock Road to Aversley Wood, from the southern end of which it runs along field boundaries as far as the old clay-pits north-west of Hamerton, and thence to the Alconbury Brook. The land rises from Alconbury Brook, where it is about 112 ft. above sea-level and reaches about 200 ft.

The village, which is about 7 miles south from Holme and 9 miles south-east of Oundle, stands on rising ground at about 200 ft. above sea-level. The site of the old Hall is close to the church. Several old ponds, the remains of the "fisheries in Gyddinges Abbot" which were let to Richard Theakeston on 6 March 1570 for 21 years at a yearly rent of £12. 3s.10d., are still to be seen.

In 1973, the parish was united with Great Gidding and Little Gidding parishes to create a single ecclesiastical parish."