Talk:Arbury

Impington Parish
The Impington parish boundary fell across what is now Campkin Road, formerly Manor Farm, meaning that the Arbury estate was actually in two parishes, Chesterton and Impington. My great-great uncle lived at Manor Farm (in a house close by the boundary of the former Manor Community College, now North Cambridge Academy). He died in World War 1, and his name is commemorated on the Impington war memorial as his home at Manor Farm in what is now Arbury, was in Impington parish.

(86.170.95.172 (talk) 00:25, 14 July 2015 (UTC))

Name "corrupted" - Unsourced Claim Removed
It is not actually possible to know what the original name of the iron age enclosure was, but it cannot be said that the evolvement of the name from the 13th Century onwards into Arbury is a "corruption" of the old name. "Bury" is common in old place names in England, and the name now applied may actually be closer to the original, with ""borough" being the "corruption".

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Arbury Is Where We Live! Made-Up (And Changeable) Local Government Wards Versus Local History
I do wonder if slightly too much importance is placed on local government electoral areas in the articles on Arbury and King's Hedges. Originally, Arbury Ward covered Arbury Estate - North and South Arbury, and there were good, historical reasons for its naming. For instance, the Manor Farm, which covered 245 acres of what became North Arbury (which falls in King's Hedges Ward) contained two large fields called 'Arbury' and 'Arbury Field' and King's Hedges Farm was NORTH of King's Hedges Road - which was originally a much shorter road, leading simply to the farm. Just a thought - but I do think, having just re-read 'Arbury Is Where!', that local government wards - which are subject to change at the drop of the council's planners' whims - are rather too prominently used as area/district boundaries. For instance, when Arbury Ward incorporated Stretten Avenue, Akeman Street and part of Histon Road, areas with no historical ties to the estate, local people barely batted an eyelid - and the 'Arbury Is Where!' publication of 1981 reflected the original physical reality of the estate. I think that most people know exactly where Arbury is - and it does not stop in the middle of Arbury Road - particularly as the Arbury Community Centre, Arbury Town Park and the North Arbury Chapel lay the other side - as did, for many years, the Arbury Adventure Playground. This is from the Cambridge City Council Elections website (Arbury Ward), 2021, and illustrates the changeable nature of the ward: 'General re-warding and all-up elections (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic). Arbury lost the Chesterton Triangle, gained Garden Walk, Warwick Road area and Arbury Court.' So, do we change the district's boundaries again and feature the new streets? And Arbury Ward gained Arbury Court? It's absurd.

Take a look at the City Council's Arbury Ward details over the years - and King's Hedges Ward is also subject to change - so don't get too settled with the notion of living there! Without some historical knowledge, a sense of identity and community, which 'Arbury Is Where!' provided to great effect, you may be living somewhere completely different if you follow the wards system as your area definer. And then you might just as well define everything as 'North Cambridge'.

http://www.cambridgeelections.org.uk/cityarb.htm

This blog is apparently soon to upload the original 1981 publication 'Arbury Is Where We Live!' - so, if you haven't seen it, it may be worth keeping an eye on: https://arburycambridge.blogspot.com/2021/11/coming-soon-arbury-is-where-we-live.html

(86.176.198.35 (talk)) — Preceding undated comment added 13:05, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

King's Hedges But Arbury Really
We recently saw a local newspaper article claiming that a Roman villa was found in King's Hedges and that the road has Roman origins. The article was based on an outdoor display which had appeared on the King's Hedges/North Arbury estate entitled: 'The Roman landscape at King's Hedges'. The Roman villa was actually found in the old Arbury/Harborough Meadows, not far from Arbury Camp. The site was used for King's Hedges School, but, historically, King's Hedges School is not in King's Hedges. King's Hedges Road was not Roman. It was a dead-end farm track, leading from Chesterton north of the railway to the 58 acre King's Hedges Farm. The majority of King's Hedges Road, redirected and extended across Arbury, dates from the late 1970s. It is important to remember that council wards do not match historical areas when producing local history displays. King's Hedges has its own separate history, which lays north of the guided busway - https://arburycambridge.blogspot.com/2022/09/ask-arbury-roman-villa-arbury-or-kings.html

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