Cemeteries · London
Longstanton Cemetery
Longstanton Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cambridge North · 10.0 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Longstanton Cemetery is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 52.2800°, 0.0434°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
Longstanton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Cambridge city centre. Longstanton occupies 2,775 acres (1,123 ha). Longstanton was created in 1953 from the two parishes of Long Stanton All Saints and Long Stanton St Michael. While the village is called Longstanton, the alternative form Long Stanton is still in use, for example when referring to the separate pre-1953 parishes, or to the current ecclesiastical parish.
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Background
History
For most of its history Longstanton was split into two parishes: the larger Long Stanton All Saints to the north and the smaller Long Stanton St. Michael to the south. The two may have been seen as distinct by 1086, when the Domesday Book referred to a "Stantone" and a "Stantune", and were certainly so by 1240, distinguished in Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle as "Stanton" and "the other Stanton". The two villages were not formally amalgamated until 1953 and the two church parishes were permanently united in 1959. The first known reference to the village, dating back to 1070 AD, calls the village "Stantona", meaning "an enclosed settlement of stoney ground." By the time of the…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2800, 0.0434
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Parish
- Longstanton
- Postcode
- CB24 3BW
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Nearest railway station
- Cambridge North — 10 km
Sources
- osm: w4373138 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Longstanton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Longstanton Cemetery?
- Longstanton Cemetery is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2800°, 0.0434°. The nearest railway station is Cambridge North, around 10 km away.
- Is Longstanton Cemetery free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Longstanton Cemetery is free.