On the south side of St Ives Bridge, a suburb of St Ives is growing up, but Hemingford Grey Village lies in the opposite direction away from St Ives, and is still rural. At the northern end of the village, near the extreme north-western angle of the parish, stands its 12th century Manor House, where the backwaters separate Houghton Meadows from the main stream of the River Ouse, which is the earliest secular building in the County. The house is still surrounded by its moat on three sides away from the river, near the right bank on which it stands. The local area consists of farmland.
Crops grown include wheat, barley and market garden produce.
Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Civil Registration Description and Travel Maps Population Poorhouses, Poor Law etc. The War Memorial inscriptions for this parish are available on-line. The full 1841 Census of Hemingford Grey Parish is available as fiche set C98 from the Huntingdonshire FHS . The full 1851 Census of Hemingford Grey Parish is available as fiche set C48 from the Huntingdonshire FHSl . The Church of St James consists of a chancel, north vestry, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower and south porch.