Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Location
Great Shelford is an Ancient Parish is located in the southern part of
Cambridgeshire.
Great Shelford is approximately eight miles to the north-west of the market town of
Linton. The
City of Cambridge, the county town of
Cambridgeshire is approximately four miles to the north. The ancient parish and market town of
Saffron Walden, Essex is ten miles to the south south-east.
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is St Mary, Great Shelford. It can be found
here on Google Street View. (accessed 30 Oct 2023)
Parish Registers
Cambridgeshire Archives omits entries for the Great Shelford parish in its listing. However FamilySearch indicates microfilm holdings for Great Shelford registers from 1557 to 1875. See
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211209?availability=Family%20History%20Library for further details (accessed 30 Oct 2023)
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
To the east of Great Shelford is
Stapleford and to the south east is
Sawston. To the south is
Little Shelford and
Hauxton to the south-west.
Trumpington is to the north-west with
Cherry Hinton to the north east.
Gleanings from
