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Landbeach

Bece / Bech: Walter from Count Alan; Osmund from Picot of Cambridge. 1000 eels.

Linden End

Lindone:

Lost.
Linton

Lintone:

Count Alan. 2 mills. Georgian and Queen Anne high street; windmill.
Litlington

Lidlin(g)tone / Li(d)tingtone: William the Chamberlain and Otto the Goldsmith from the king; Aethelwulf from Hardwin of Scales.

A 30-room Romano British house was found here in 1936.
Little Gransden

Gra(n)tedene: Abbot of Ely.

Little Linton

Alia Lintone: Count Alan. Mill.

Small Tudor grange.
Littleport

Litelport: Abbot of Ely. Fisheries (17,000 eels).

Small town; light industry.
Little Thetford

Liteltetford: Abbot of Ely. Fisheries (3250 eels).

Lolworth

Lolesuuorde: Robert from Picot of Cambridge. Mill.

Longstanton

Stantone / tune: Picot from Count Alan; Hugh from Gilbert FitzThorold; Guy from Picot of Cambridge; William FitzAnsculf.

Formerly 2 villages; now 2 churches and an RAF base.
Longstowe

Stou: Guy from Ramsey Church; Aelmer from Count Alan; man-at-arms and 2 Englishmen from Hardwin of Scales.

Madingley

Mading(e)lei: Picot from Bishop of Lincoln; Picot of Cambridge.

Thatched houses; on the edge of Madingley Hall park. Edward VII lodged in the Tudor hall when he was a Cambridge undergraduate.
March

Mercha / Merche: Abbot of Ely; St. Edmund's.

A market town with large railway marshalling yard, it was a hamlet until the 19th century and the coming of the railway.
Melbourn

Melleborne / burne: Abbot of Ely. 2 hides and 1 virgate. Land for 5 ploughs. 6 villagers, 9 smallholders, 3 cottagers. Mill; meadow; pasture for village livestock. Value 100s; TRE Ł6. The Abbot also holds from Earl Roger ˝ hide less the fourth part of 1 virgate. 1 villager. Meadow for ˝ plough. Value 5s. Goda held this land before from Earl Algar. Colswein holds 3 virgates from Count [Alan]. 3 smallholders, 1 slave. Meadow. Value 20s; TRE 40s. Durand holds 1 hide and 1 virgate from Hardwin. 1 villager with 2 smallholders, 3 cottagers. Meadow; pasture. Value 25s; TRE 40s.

Several moated houses.
Meldreth

Melrede: Abbot of Ely and Hardwin and Guy from Raimbeaucourt from him; Abbot of St. Evroul from Earl Roger; Colswein from Count Alan; Hardwin of Scales and Hugh from him; Guy de Raimbeaucourt. 7˝ mills, monastery.

Old stocks and whipping post.
Milton

Middletone: Ralph from Picot of Cambrige. 650 eels.

On the River Cam, close to Cambridge.

Oakington

Hochinton(e): Alfgeat the priest from Abbot of Ely before and after 1066; Abbot of Crowland; 3 men-at-arms from Picot of Cambridge; Roger from Countess Judith; the wife of Boselin de Dives.

Orwell

Ord(e)uuelle / Ore(d)uuelle: Chatteris nunnery before and after 1066; Earl Roger; Picot from Count Alan; Walter from Walter Giffard; Robert Gernon; Sigar from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Durand from Hardwin of Scales; Ralph from Guy de Raimbeaucourt. 2 mills.

Over

Oure: Ramsey Church; Chatteris nunnery before and after 1066; Ralph from Hardwin of Scales; Sawin from Picot of Cambridge; Roger from Countess Judith.

18th century houses.

Pampisford

Pampesuuorde: Abbot of Ely and Hardwin from him; 2 men-at-arms from Count Alan; Pirot from Eudo FitzHubert; Hardwin of Scales; Ralph from Picot of Cambridge; a priest from Countess Judith. Mill.

Thatched cottages. Brent Ditch was a 4th century rampart across the Roman Icknield Way.
Papworth

Papeuuorde / Papeworde: Count Alan; William from Richard FitzGilbert; Gilbert de Ghent; Payne from Hardwin of Scales; Eustace of Huntingdon and Walter and Ordnoth, the pre-Conquest holder, from him; Picot of Cambridge.

Now 2 villages, Papworth Everard and Papworth St. Agnes. Sir Thomas Malory, author of Morte d'Arthur, died in St. Agnes in the 15th century.

Quy

Coeia: Picot from Abbot of Ely; Reginald from Aubrey de Vere; Picot of Cambridge. 3 mills.

Water mill on Quy Water. A mid-19th century hall stands on the site of the old village. The new village is Stow-cum-Quy.

Rampton

Rantone: Roger from Picot of Cambridge.

Sawston

Salsiton(e): Abbot of Grestain from Count of Mortain; Roger from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Picot from Eudo FitzHubert. 4 mills.

Large; paper mills; leather industry. Tudor Sawston Hall, now a conference centre, was burnt down by the Protestants in 1553 because the owner had sheltered Mary Tudor, but it was subsequently rebuilt.
Saxon Street

Sextone: Aubrey de Vere.

Moated hall.
Shelford

Escelford(e) / Scelfort: Peter de Valognes from the king; formerly Earl Harold; Abbot of Ely and Hardwin and 7 freemen from him; Hardwin from Count Alan; Hardwin of Scales. 2 mills, monastery.

Now 2 villages, Great Shelford, joined to Stapleford, and Little Shelford, across the River Granta.
Shepreth

Escrepid(e): Hardwin of Scales; Chatteris nunnery; Reginald from Count Alan; Sigar from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Hardwin of Scales and Hugh from him. 4 mills.

Scattered; 3 manor houses; 2 mills (one a house).
Shingay

Scelgei: Earl Roger. Mill.

Shudy Camps: See Castle Camps.
Silverley

Severlai:

Lost.
Snailwell

Snellewelle: Hugh de Port from Bishop of Bayeux.

The 'well' is the source of the River Sanil.
Soham

Saham: King's land; Abbot of Ely; St. Edmund's; Adestan from Count Alan. 2 mills, fisheries (3500 eels). Corn, malt, honey, fishing net. Small town; 2 windmills.

Site of a 7th century cathedral, detroyed in the 9th century by the Danes.
Soham local history site
Stapleford

Stapleforde: Abbot of Ely.

Large; mostly modern houses. Joined to Great Shelford.
Steeple Morden

Mordune: Bishop of Winchester; Earl Roger; Hardwin of Scales. 5 mills.

Scattered; windmill.
Stetchworth

Sti(ui)cesuuorde / Stuuicesworde: Abbot of Ely and Hardwin of Scales from him; Count Alan; Hardwin of Scales.

Once a town.
Stretham

Stradham: Abbot of Ely. Fisheries.

Large; site of a Roman villa.
Stuntney

Stuntenei: Abbot of Ely. Fisheries (24,000 eels).

Overlooks a main road built on a Bronze Age causeway. Cromwell's mother lived at the 17th century Old Hall.
Sutton

Sudrone: Abbot of Ely. Fisheries.

Large. Burystead Farm, partly 14th century, is said to have been a priory.
Swaffham

Suaf(h)am: Abbot of Ely and Hardwin from him; Geoffrey and 3 men-at-arms from Count Alan; Hugh from Walter Giffard; Hardwin of Scales; Aubrey de Vere. 4 mills. 300 eels.

Now 2 villages, Swaffham Bulbeck with an 18th century Abbey House containing the remains of a 12th century nunnery, and Swaffham Prior with 2 derelict windmills.
Swavesey

Suavesy(e): Count Alan; Picot from Robert Gernon; Gilbert de Ghent. Mill, fisheries (3750 eels). 225 eels.

Thatched cottages.

Tadlow

Tadelai: Picot of Cambridge; Picot from Countess Judith; Azelina, wife of Ralph Tailbois. Mill.

Teversham

Teuersham / Teuresham: Abbot of Ely; Count Alan and Robert from him; John FitzWaleran.

Thriplow

Trepeslai / au: Abbot of Ely and Hardwin of Scales from him; Sigar from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Hardwin of Scales.

Near a spring. Nine Holes.
Toft

Tofth: Count Alan; 2 men-at-arms from Picot of Cambridge; Erchenger the baker.

Trumpington

Trunpinton(e): Arnulf d'Ardres from Count Eustace; William de Warenne; Hervey from Picot of Cambridge; Robert Fafiton; Godlamb from Countess Judith. Mill.

Large; part of Cambridge.

Waterbeach

Vtbech: Mucel from Picot of Cambridge; 2 of the king's carpenters.

Large.Denny Abbey, originally a Benedictine monastery, later housed the Knight's Templar; after them, Franciscan nuns.
Wendy

Wandei / Wandrie: Odo from Count Alan; Alfred from Hardwin of Scales. 2 mills.

Wentworth

Winteworde: Abbot of Ely.

Westley Waterless

Weslai: Abbot of Ely; 2 men-at-arms from Count Alan; Hardwin of Scales; Countess Judith.

Weston Colville

Westone: Count Alan and Wymarc from him; William de Warenne and Walter from him; Hardwin of Scales and Durand from him.

Mostly modern.
Westwick

Westuuiche: Odo from Picot of Cambridge; Robert from David d'Argenton.

Westwick Hall.
West Wickham

Wicheham: Abbot of Ely; Count Alan; Lambert from William de Warenne; Wulfeva from Richard FitzGilbert; Hardwin of Scales.

Thatched barns.
West Wratting

Waratinge: Abbot of Ely and Hardwin of Scales from him; Aelmer from Count Alan; Lambert from William de Warenne; Hardwin of Scales.

Whaddon

Wadone / Wadune: Hardwin of Scales from Abbot of Ely; Colswein and Ralph from Count Alan; Hardwin from Richard FitzGilbert; Hardwin of Scales.

Now Whaddon Gap barracks; the village has moved to the north-east.
Whittlesey

Witesie: Abbot of Ely; Thorney Church. Weir.

Small brickmaking town on a fen 'island'.
Whittlesford

Witelesforde: Gerard from Count Alan; Hardwin of Scales; Countess Judith. 3 mills.

Large green; 18th century mill-house; now an extension of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Whitwell

Watuuelle / Witeuuella: Earl Roger; Fulkwy from Count Alan; Robert the Bald from Hardwin of Scales; Ralph from Picot of Cambridge.

Whitwell Farm.
Wicken

Wicha: Count Alan. 3 mills. 4250 eels, 3 fishing nets.

Restored windmill. Wicken Fen is still natural fenland.
Wilbraham

Wiborgham / Witborham: King's land; Odo from Count Alan; Aubrey de Vere. 3 mills. Honey, corn, malt.

Now 2 villages, Great and Little Wilbraham; a former windmill is now a house.
Wilburton

Wilbertone: Abbot of Ely.

Timber-framed houses.
Willingham

Wiuelingham: Abbot of Ely; a freeman from Count Alan; Roger from Picot of Cambridge.

Large; 2 derelict windmills. Belsar House is a Bronze Age fort.
Wimpole

Winepol(e): Count Alan; Humphrey from Eudo FitzHubert.

Large stately home, Wimpole Hall (1640), with a park and folly.
Wisbech

Wisbece: Abbot of Ely and 2 fishermen from him; St. Edmund's; Ramsey Church; Crowland church; William de Warenne. Fisheries (3750 eels), vines.

Important town, centre for the fen country's fruit and flower industry; museum on the site of Wisbech Castle.
Witcham

Wiceham: Abbot of Ely.

Witchford

Wiceford(e): Abbot of Ely.

Thurstan, Ely's last Saxon abbot, was born here, and the monks of Ely met the Conqueror here to make their submission.
Woodditton

Ditone: William de Noyers from the king; Wighen from Count Alan.

At one end of the Devil's Dyke ditch and bank across the Roman Icknield Way.
Wratworth

Warateuuorde / Werateuuorde:

Lost.

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