Great Gransden is a civil parish and village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. In 2001, the parish population was 969, which rose to 1,023 at the 2011 Census. It lies 16 miles west of Cambridge and 13 miles south of Huntingdon. It contains the oldest post mill in England.
The village name translates as "valley of a man named Granta or Grante". It was spelled Grantandene in 973 and Grantedene in the 1086 Domesday book. Great Gransden was mentioned in 973 when its land was endowed to Thorney Abbey by Aethelwold, Bishop of Winchester. It already consisted of 33 households in 1086, with an annual rent of £30 being paid to the lord of the manor.
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Address: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom
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