Sapley

Sapley
The Longbow public house, Sapley
Sapley Location within Cambridgeshire
Civil parish	Huntingdon
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Huntingdon
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°21′01″N0°10′34″W / 52.35021°N 0.1761°W / 52.35021; -0.1761

Sapley is a historic village in Cambridgeshire, now a suburb of Huntingdon, in the Huntingdonshire district. ^[1]

History

The historic Sapley Forest was owned by the Cromwell family. ^[2]

Until 1858 Sapley was an extra-parochial area, ^[3] in 1851 the extra-parochial area had a population of 13. ^[4]

Sapley Park is the main area of Sapley. ^[5] In May 2017, a memorial was unveiled in Sapley Park dedicated to the Oxmoor plane crash. ^[6]

References

1. "Huntingdonshire.gov.uk". Huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
2. "Parishes: Hartford cum Sapley | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
3. "Sapley (Extra-parochial Area) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
4. "Population statistics Sapley through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
5. "Sapley Park - Huntingdon". How Are You Hunts?. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
6. "Memorial service to mark 40th anniversary of Oxmoor plane crash". The Hunts Post. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

See also

• Hundreds of Huntingdonshire