He will be pleased to receive any comments on the following proposed alternative description - or indeed on the actual version published in the current Draft Plan. These will be considered when the Society decides its response. The parish of Whittlesford lies to the west of the River Cam, seven miles south of Cambridge. The A505 roughly marks the boundary to the south. The western boundary more or less follows the Hoffer Brook.
Field enclosures mark the northern boundary.
The parish is bounded by the villages of Duxford, Pampisford, Sawston, Little Shelford, Newton and Thriplow. The village of Whittlesford formed around the convergence of two or more of the many ancient tracks which formed the Icknield Way. These tracks converged to a single crossing point over the river and this pattern of village formation was repeated in many places along the Cam valley. Originally, therefore, the village in Early Medieval times was limited to the development either side of what is now Church Lane. There are numerous examples of Iron Age and Roman settlement within the parish.