Talk:King's Hedges

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Is King's Hedges really home to the Science Park? Cambridge Science Park says it isn't. I've now checked http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/reception-and-office-services/electoral-ward-boundaries.en. The Science Park isn't in the ward.

Historically, King's Hedges isn't home to King's Hedges Ward, either. Electoral wards often ignore historical facts, and are apt to change. A lot of King's Hedges Ward actually rests in the old Arbury/Harborough Meadows by the iron age Arbury Camp. King's Hedges was originally a small area north of the guided busway. King's Hedges Ward is actually in the most important historical area of Arbury in Cambridge City. It was contrived out of the northern area of the original Arbury Ward - https://arburycambridge.blogspot.com/2022/09/ask-arbury-roman-villa-arbury-or-kings.html

(86.175.148.51 (talk)) — Preceding undated comment added 08:44, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

North Arbury and Manor Farm
The area now known as King's Hedges closest to Arbury Road was originally called North Arbury. This is why the Arbury Community Centre is in Campkin Road and why the Arbury Carnival procession takes place in that road. Before the estate was built, it was the Manor Farm (hence Manor School/Community College), which contained fields called 'Arbury' and 'Arbury field'. Ward changes in the early 1980s led to the re-naming of the entire area as 'King's Hedges'. This was seen by some as a complete disregard by councillors of efforts to build a sense of community in Arbury via the Arbury 1980 Project and 1981 'Arbury Is Where We Live!' book. The King's Hedges Farm was originally on the other side of King's Hedges Road and was sold to the council, along with Manor Farm, in 1909.

The Manor Farm spanned two parishes - being partly in Chesterton St Andrew's and partly in Impington. One of the inhabitants of Manor Farm who died in the First World War, a man who lived on what is now Campkin Road, close to the site of the Manor/North Cambridge Academy, is commemorated on the Histon and Impington War Memorial as his home fell in that parish - although his family worshipped at Chesterton.

(86.159.126.199 (talk) 00:00, 19 August 2020 (UTC))

King's Hedges And The Roman Villa On The Arbury/Harborough Meadows: Avoiding Historical Misinformation
We recently saw a local newspaper article claiming that a Roman villa was found in King's Hedges and that King's Hedges 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. 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. King's Hedges Road is not of Roman origin. Indeed, a vast amount of it dates back to the 1970s, when the road was redirected and extended across the old Arbury/Harborough Meadows - and lopped off the end of the original Arbury Road - https://arburycambridge.blogspot.com/2022/09/ask-arbury-roman-villa-arbury-or-kings.html 86.175.148.51 (talk) 08:36, 28 September 2022 (UTC)