Little Shelford Village Design Key

Little Shelford Village Design Key. . , The Wale Memorial , On St Margaret's Mount in Newton Road is the Obelisk raised in 1739 by James Church in memory of his friend Gregory Wale., The two branches of the River Cam , A 'shallow ford' over the river in earlier times gave the village its name. The easterly branch is artificial, cut in 17th century., All Saints Parish Church , A Norman church to which the chancel was added in 1306 by Sir John de Freville and the nave about 1450., Little Shelford Memorial Hall , Land given to the village by Charles Clay in 1919. The hall was rebuilt in 2000., Rope from the Ropewalk , A long path, the ropewalk, ran parallel to and about 50m north of Church Street. The was established in the late 18th century by Thomas Wale to make ropes of Admiralty standard using hemp from his Riga importing business., The sign , Design Allen Boothroyd, a Little Shelford resident, using concepts provided by pupils from the village school., The original Manor House , Built about 1600 by Sir Horacio Pallivicini, a collector of dues for the Pope during the reign of Queen Mary. This was pulled down and the current building erected by the Rev. William Finch about 1745., Fuel Cell used in Saturn V rockets , Francis Bacon, a resident of Little Shelford, was a key engineer in the development of fuel cells at Cambridge University in 1946. This technology was used in the Apollo programme which landed Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969., General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Nobel Prize medal , Professor James Meade, a resident of Little Shelford, was jointly awarded a Nobel Prize in 1977 for his economics work on the GATT for improving World Trade.