Madingley

Madingley
Madingley village sign in March 2008
Madingley is located in Cambridgeshire
Madingley
Madingley
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population210 2011
OS grid referenceTL395605
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBRIDGE
Postcode districtCB23
Dialling code01954
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°13′30″N 0°02′27″E / 52.2250°N 0.04092°E / 52.2250; 0.04092

Madingley is a small village near Cambridge, England. It is located close to the nearby villages of Coton and Dry Drayton on the western outskirts of Cambridge. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 210.[1] The village was known as Madingelei in the Domesday Book of 1086, a name meaning "Woodland clearing of the family or followers of a man called Mada".[2] Madingley is well known for its 16th-century manor house, Madingley Hall, which is owned by the University of Cambridge.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ^ A. D. Mills (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names.