Tydd St Giles

Tydd St Giles

Coordinates: 52°44′N 0°07′E / 52.73°N 0.11°E / 52.73; 0.11

Tydd St Giles
Tydd St Giles
Population 603
OS grid reference TF424168
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wisbech
Dialling code 01945
EU Parliament East of England
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Cambridgeshire

Tydd St. Giles is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It was founded in the late 1000s with the building of the church of St. Giles in 1084 on a natural rise in the land of the Fens. The church itself is built of Barnack stone, known to be the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough.

The name 'Tydd' is known to derive from a corruption of the word "Tide", as the village was home to an important sluice used for draining the Fens. Although many Fenland names derive from Anglo Saxon words, a few scattered around Wisbech include Anglo Saxon words referencing the native British population. Even though the village is old enough, it does not appear in the Domesday Book, because the village was in the liberty of the Bishop of Ely.

It is the northernmost village in Cambridgeshire (bordering Lincolnshire), on the same latitude as Midlands towns such as Loughborough, Leicestershire and Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The village is in the distribution area of ome local free newspaper, The Fenland Citizen.

Read more about Tydd St Giles:  Geography, Politics, St. Giles Church, The War Memorial, Brigstock and Wren Charity, Tydd Steam Brewery, Notable Buildings, Village Guilds, Education

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