Buckden - a Huntingdonshire Village

APPENDICES 221 Buckden - A Huntingdonshire Village Appendix A Farms -- Locations--Historic and present All distances are to the farmstead from the High Street~Church Street Junction, “The Cross”, in a straight line unless stated otherwise. Name Location Remarks Coneygarth High Street 100m. N Now a private dwelling. Has also been a public house. Coronation South side of the Green 500m E Also known as North’s Farm. Site entirely occupied by shops or housing Hardonian 400m off A1 600m N.W Non-working. Previously 600m N.N.W.in Hardwick Lane Hoo Church Street 400m E Now a private dwelling Jessamine 300m off A1 600m N.W Used to be based in High Street in house of same name. Lodge 700m off Brampton Road 1.7km N.E Working but affected by gravel extraction and to be severely affected further by the A14 road on its new route. Was known before 1961 as Baker’s Farm Low (2) Stirtloe 800m S.S.E. Working. For original farmhouse see (1) Low(1). Mill Road 600m E Now private dwelling. Barns present. Margetts 400m off Mill Road 1.6 km E Sold to Redlands/Lafarge for gravel extraction and now sold by them to the Thornhill Estate Martins 80m off Mill Road 1.2 km E Private dwelling Northfields Not known but must have been somewhere in the North Field shown on the 1799 Tithe map. May have become Vicarage or Station Farm. This could account for the weighbridge which was in the station goods yard 300m away. In 1901 it appears to have had a weighbridge according to the census. Park 500m off A1 1.0km N Working Shooters Hill 150m(?) off Perry Road 1.2km W.S.W, No trace of it nor access track opposite Buckden Wood turning. Shooters Hollow 150m off Perry Road 1.5km W.S.W. Working Station (or Vicarage ) 300m off Brampton Road 2.0km N.E. Bought for refuse tip area. Name used by tip operators. Stirtloe Stirtloe 750m S Private dwelling Top 1.6km N.W. Moat only remains. Combined with Park Farm Westfield Off A1 500m S. Derelict. Non-working. Bought by speculator. Farmstead re- sold in 2009. Wood 400m off Perry Road 1.1 km W Private dwellings This is not an exhaustive list and is mainly based on maps and censuses down to 1901.