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WARESLEY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

[Transcribed and edited information from The Victoria County History series- 1932]

"WARESLEY, the parish of Waresley is located on the south-east extremity of the county; it was well-wooded, the chief being Waresley Wood, Weaverley Wood and Sand Wood. There was also a Deer Park in Waresley Park, which is to the west of the village. The sub-soil of the area is Ampthill clay and lower green sand, and the soil is a fertile clay growing chiefly cereals. Most of the parish is now farmland.

The village lies on the main road from Bigglewade to St Ives, two and a half miles from Gamlingay. It contains many fine 17th and 18th century thatched houses. A skeleton with a small Roman jug in its hand was found in 1740 near Balls Bridge over Gransden Brook.

The parish was inclosed under a private Act of Parliament in 1808. In 1965 part of the parish was transferred to Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire. "