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Stow cum Quy

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Quy currently supports three public houses. The White Swan, or Swan, a timber-framed house, was open by 1750. The Prince Albert opened in the 1840s on the Newmarket Road and was renamed The Missing Sock after refurbishment in 2010. The Wheatsheaf at Stow End opened in the late 19th century. Former
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The village is just off the A14 via the Quy interchange and is about two miles from the Newmarket Road Park and Ride. There is a bus service running between Cambridge and Newmarket passing through the neighbouring villages of Bottisham, Lode and Burwell. Cycle access is good thanks to a number of
442:(1650–1727), the bishop and theatre critic, was born in the village and has a street named after him. The oldest parts of the parish church of St Mary at Stow End date from the 12th century. The nave and chancel were built around 1340. A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1840 but closed just after the 218: 574: 436:. The settlements were already joined by 1066, though had separate manors, and became a single ecclesiastical parish by the early 13th century. Stow was the area around the present parish church, and Quy around The Swan public house. 396:
The village's name derives from the joining of two settlements, one called Stow, meaning "high or holy place", that was around the present location of Quy church and Quy coming from
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pubs in the village were The Plough which opened in the late 18th century and was perhaps replaced by The Bush which was open from 1821 to 1904.
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runs close by the village. The two Saxon settlements of Stow and Quy built up on a raised area at the southern edge of
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Children initially attend Bottisham Primary School in the nearby village and usually then go on to
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remains have been found in the parish. A Roman villa has been found just to the west of
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Nearby are a number of places of interest including the National Trust property of
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http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no717/bCP40no717dorses/IMG_1562.htm
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Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/717;
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lying between the Burwell Road (B1102) and the medieval Cambridge to
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for "with". It was referred to as "Stowe Quye" in medieval times.
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and was demolished when the Wheatsheaf pub was extended.
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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
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and Quy Fen, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (
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Stow cum Quy is located in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference
TL520606
District
South Cambridgeshire
Shire county
Cambridgeshire
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
CB25
Dialling code
Police
Cambridgeshire
Fire
Cambridgeshire
Ambulance
East of England
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°13′23″N 0°13′31″E / 52.22308°N 0.22527°E / 52.22308; 0.22527
/ˌstkəmˈkw/
civil parish

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