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Manor, Shudy Camps, 1923 (photo W M Palmer) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Manor, Shudy Camps

History of the Manor

Manor, Shudy Camps OS 1885

This was featured in the Cambridge Standard in 1935 (26 April 1935): At the head of a richly wooded slope of parkland stands the fair mansion of Shudy Camps, the seat for these last thrity years of the Revd Canon Frederick Thornton …. the red brick edifice, part Elizabeth and part Georgian …. in the house is a hidden room.

It is a Grade II listed Queen Anne House, 17th century with later 18th and 19th century additions. It was built by Marmaduke Dayrell about 1700 and stayed in the family until 1898.

It was bought then by Arthur Gee who changed his name to Maitland. The house was sold in 1903 to the Rev Canon F F S M Thornton, vicar of Shudy Camps.

In 1939 the parkland was requisitioned by the British Army and the house occupied by the RAF.

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