Cantelupe Road, Haslingfield

History of Cantelupe Road

Cantelupe Road was the main way to Cambridge. On the higher part of the road, Stoney Hill, was a Saxon burial ground and a Roman settlement.

The cemetery was uncovered in 1874-5 during coprolite digging. (See C Fox (1923) Archaeology of the Cambridge area p. 257f.

CAS Proceedings 1968 has an article on S-shaped Anglo-Saxon brooches and mentions a pair from Haslingfield.

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1910 11 11
A convoy, broken-down and captured by the enemy near Cantelupe Farm Haslingfield formed the objective of some interesting operations by the University Officer Training Corps and a small force of public school boys from the Leys School. The Cambridge garrison were very short of fuses and a convoy of wagons, disguised as manure carts had tried to reach them. But the horses became exhausted and they’d been obliged to halt for the night. The commander sent out column 500 strong to bring them in but encountered the opposing cavalry. The Maxim gun detachment did good service, firing from near the inn at Barton 10 11 11c & d