Great Gidding
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| Population | 363 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL117830 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PE28 |
| Dialling code | 01832 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Great Gidding is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Great Gidding lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Great Gidding is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village has a Church of England primary school, playing field, corner shop, village hall and several local businesses. There is one public house in the village, The Fox and Hounds. Surrounding towns and cities are Huntingdon, Oundle and Peterborough. It is a small village in the East of England, very rural and close to the A1 road.
In 1870 Great Gidding was described as
It had a population of 363 according to the 2011 census.
In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value.
Great Gidding was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Geddinge, Gedelinge and Redinges in the Domesday Book. In 1086 there were three manors at Great Gidding; the annual rent paid to the lords of the manors in 1066 had been £17.5 and the rent was the same in 1086.
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