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Kirtling, together with Kirtling Green and Kirtling Towers, is a scattered settlement in the south-eastern edge of the English county of Cambridgeshire. It forms a civil parish with the nearby village of Upend to its north. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of
A rich Cambridgeshire landowner named Oswi and his wife Leofflaed gave the parish of Kirtling to
Detailed BBC website about the parish church
Villages in Cambridgeshire Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire Burial sites of the Stuart of Bute family East Cambridgeshire District {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub
Woodditton
Woodditton is a village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England. The other settlements in the parish are Ditton Green, Little Ditton and Saxon Street. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population (including Kirtling) was 1,78 ...
.
Heritage
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Kirtling was known as Catlidge. Upend was originally called Upheme –old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
for "the up-dwelling". Upend may once have been a separate village, but it had been absorbed into Kirtling before 1066. By 1086, Kirtling had become the most heavily populated parish in the neighbourhood.
A rich Cambridgeshire landowner named Oswi and his wife Leofflaed gave the parish of Kirtling to Ely Abbey
Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The pres ...
around 1000. It later belonged to Earl (later King) Harold, who died in 1066. By 1086 it was probably held by an Englishman named Frawine of Kirtling.
All Saints Parish Church is a Grade I listed building, dating back to the 13th century. Kirtling Tower
Kirtling Tower was a medieval castle and Tudor country house in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England, of which the gatehouse still remains.
History
The first documentary records for Kirtling Tower date from 1219, and the 13th century Kirtling Ca ...
is also a Grade I listed building, its gatehouse built about 1530 by Edward North, 1st Baron North
Edward North, 1st Baron North ( 1504 – 1564) was an English peer and politician. He was the Clerk of the Parliaments 1531–1540 and Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1557–1564. A successful lawyer, he was created the first Baron North, giv ...
. Dudley North, 4th Baron North, politician and polymath, was buried at Kirtling on 27 June 1677. His granddaughter Dudleya North
The Hon. Dudleya North (July 1675–25 April 1712) was an English aristocrat, orientalist, linguist and classical scholar.
Early life
Dudleya North was born at the house of her father Charles North, 5th Baron North (c. 1636–1691) in Leicest ...
, an orientalist and linguist, was buried here in 1712.
John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute built almshouses in Kirtling in 1842 in memory of his late wife Lady Maria (died 1841).
Population
The population of the parish peaked at 909 in 1851, then fell below 800 in 1880, 600 in 1910, 500 in 1930 and to 300 in 1971. The population (including Upend) at the 2011 census was 327.References
External links
Detailed BBC website about the parish church
Villages in Cambridgeshire Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire Burial sites of the Stuart of Bute family East Cambridgeshire District {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub