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Little Chishill

Human settlement in England

Great and Little Chishill

District

South Cambridgeshire

Shire county

Cambridgeshire

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townRoystonPostcode districtSG8Dialling code01763PoliceCambridgeshireFire Cambridgeshire Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

South Cambridgeshire

WebsiteGreat & Little Chishill

List of places: UK; England; Cambridgeshire

52°00′55″N 0°03′59″E / 52.0152°N 0.0665°E / 52.0152; 0.0665

Little Chishill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Chishill, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Great Chishill.^[1] In 1961 the parish had a population of 86.^[2] On 1 April 1968 the parish was abolished to form "Great and Little Chishill".^[3]

Little Chishill is about 1⁄4 mile (400 m) east of the county boundary with Hertfordshire and about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) southeast of Royston.^[1]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is built of flint with limestone and clunch dressings. Its chancel is 12th-century and was extended in the 13th century. The nave was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the west tower and south porch are late 14th-century. New windows were inserted in the nave in the 15th century, and were replaced in the 19th century. The east window of the chancel and the belfry openings of the west tower are 16th-century. The church is a Grade II* listed building.^[4]

The parish's first recorded vicar was John Martyn in 1333.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Cambridge & Newmarket (Saffron Walden) (Map). Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2012. § sheet 154. ISBN 9780319231739.
^ "Population statistics Little Chishill AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Little Chishill AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ Historic England. "Parish church of St Nicolas (Grade II*) (1162491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2015.