Tadlow

Tadlow's name is derived from the burial ground or 'Tumulus of a man named Tada', perhaps an Anglo-Saxon chieftain who established it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol8/pp127-135|title=Parishes: Tadlow | British History Online|website=british-history.ac.uk}} It was spelled Tadeslaue in 1080 and Tadelai in the 1086 Domesday Book.Mills, A.D. (1998). A Dictionary of English Place-names. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p338. {{ISBN|0-19-280074-4}}

There were 28 peasants present in 1086; the population peaked around 1300 but fell after 1400 to a level which it maintained until the 19th century. Tadlow village declined after 1660. The medieval village probably developed around a street running south-south-east from the church. A hamlet called Pincote (now in Hatley parish, but probably decayed after 1450. New houses were built in the 1970s between two groups of 19th-century cottages.

Before the 19th century, there was an ancient route westwards from Croydon, along the hill, with another 750 metres to the south along the river. The Cambridge to Biggleswade turnpike was built in 1826.

Tadlow is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by one councillor for The Mordens electoral ward{{Cite web|url=http://www.scambs.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/Elections/newwards.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724183938/http://www.scambs.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/Elections/newwards.htm |url-status=dead |title=South Cambridgeshire District Council: Electoral wards|archive-date=24 July 2008}} and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for the Bassingbourn electoral division.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/council1.nsf/menus/councillors?OpenDocument|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513055242/http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/council1.nsf/menus/councillors?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |title=Cambridgeshire County Council: Committee System|archive-date=13 May 2009}} It is in the parliamentary constituency of South Cambridgeshire, represented at the House of Commons by Anthony Browne.

{{Geographic Location

|title = Neighbouring parishes

|Northwest = Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley

|North = Hatley

|Northeast = Arrington

|West = Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley

|Centre = Tadlow

|East = Croydon

|Southwest = Eyeworth

|South = Guilden Morden

|Southeast = Steeple Morden

}}

Tadlow is {{convert|20|km|0}} south-west of Cambridge, {{convert|9|km|0}} north-east of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, and {{convert|67|km|0}} north of London. The B1042 road bisects the parish, with Wrestlingworth to the west and Croydon to the east.

The main village street lies to the south of the road and the River Cam, or Rhee, forms the southern boundary. The parish borders Bedfordshire in the west and varies from 75 metres, along the northern boundary with Hatley, to less than 30 metres above sea level, along the river.{{Cite web|url=https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-maps-subscriptions/|title=OS Maps App | Get unlimited GB mapping online & on your phone|website=shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk}} The area of the parish is {{convert|681|ha|0}} and the soil is stiff clay with a clay subsoil.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Tadlow|title=Genuki: Tadlow, Cambridgeshire|website=genuki.org.uk}}

At the time of the 2001 census, Tadlow parish had 181 residents living in 78 households. All were White; 81.1% described themselves as Christian with the rest stating 'no religion' or not citing one.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EB6C6E50-8608-423B-BE35-F98C4D716384/0/Tadlow.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609181706/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EB6C6E50-8608-423B-BE35-F98C4D716384/0/Tadlow.pdf |url-status=dead |title=2001 census profile Cambridgeshire County Council: Parish Census Profile 2001: Tadlow|archive-date=9 June 2011}}

A roll of honour in St Giles church commemorates the four Tadlow men killed in World War I and all those from the village who served in both World Wars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/Tadlow.html|title=Roll of Honour – Cambridgeshire – Tadlow|website=roll-of-honour.com}}

The parish church, north of the Biggleswade to Cambridge road, is dedicated to St Giles and was founded around 1092. It is built in the Early English style with more modern Perpendicular additions and comprises a chancel, organ chamber, south porch, 13th-century nave, and a 14th-century western tower containing a clock and a peal of three bells. It was restored by William Butterfield in 1860{{Cite web|url=http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/tadlow.htm|title=Cambridgeshire Churches|website=druidic.org}} and is in the Diocese of Ely.{{Cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13867/|title=St Giles|website=achurchnearyou.com}} It is a Grade II* listed building.{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1317879|title=CHURCH OF ST GILES, Tadlow – 1317879 | Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}

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Category:Villages in Cambridgeshire

Category:Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire

Category:South Cambridgeshire District