Sapley

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Sapley
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The Longbow public house, Sapley
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Sapley
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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]

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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