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Webmaster Public transportLast updated: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 07:12 AM By busStagecoach run the Citi 4 between Cambourne and Cambridge. There are several stops in Hardwick, all along St Neots Road. A timetable can be found on the Stagecoach website By trainThe nearest train station is Cambridge (approx 6 miles from Hardwick).
Webmaster Hardwick Community AssociationLast updated: Saturday, 04 November 2006, 02:14 AM There was a village Hall in Hardwick prior to the building of the Hardwick Community Primary School. The Village Hall was sold and the proceeds were held in trust by The Trustees of the Hardwick Village Hall and Social Club (The Trustees). On 3 August 1978 the Trustees entered into an agreement with Cambridgeshire County Council (the Council) whereby the Trustees contributed £32,432 towards the building of the School, and in particular towards the community facilities. In return the Council agreed that the Community facilities would be available for use by the Trustees or persons or bodies authorised by the Trustees for purposes beneficial to the inhabitants of Hardwick. This led to the formation of the Hardwick Community Association in 1979 to manage the community facilities in conjunction with the School Governing body and to promote the use of such Facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Hardwick through affiliated clubs and societies. Clubs and societies that are affiliated to the Hardwick Community Association therefore enjoy the use of the Community facilities on preferential terms. What does the Association do?The objectives of the Community Association are:
The Association is non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion. Who belongs to the Association?Individuals over 18 living in the Parish of Hardwick and members of affiliated groups over the age of eighteen are members of the Association. The committee is made up of the President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the Association. Representatives from each affiliated group, the Parish Council, the governing body of Hardwick Community Primary School, the District Councillor, a representative of the Trustees, and village representatives. Officers of the AssociationThe Officers for 2006 are: President: Anne Jones If you have any questions about the Community Association, please contact the Chairman, the Secretary, or any of the member of the Committee.
Webmaster About HardwickLast updated: Monday, 30 October 2006, 04:15 AM Hardwick is a village with a population of 2630 in 946 households (2001 census) situated about 5 miles (8 km) west of Cambridge very close to the Greenwich meridian at 52°13'N latitude 00°01'E longitude (National Grid Reference TL3759), and at an altitude of 60 m above mean sea level. There has been a settlement here for centuries; at the time of the Domesday Book in the 11th century, six teams of oxen and their handlers with 20 pigs were recorded as living in Hardwick. Today the village boasts a church, community primary school, pub (the Blue Lion), village green with village sign and the old pump, village post office and store, playing field and pavilion, all-weather sports pitch, children's playgrounds, scout and guide hut, and a number of small shops and businesses. The name of the village is believed to be derived from the old English Herd meaning a herd or flock, and wick or wyk (dwelling or village), on account of the flocks of sheep once herded in the area. There are several other Hardwicks in Britain and around the world.
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Webmaster Hardwick Old and New Book and CDLast updated: Thursday, 26 October 2006, 08:12 AM Published by the Hardwick Community Association, 3 July 2004, ISBN 0-9547595-0-8, 205 x A5 pages, including 100+ pictures and a CD. Price £7.95. Winner of the Cambridgeshire Local History Society Local History Award 2005. This book is a description and history of the village of Hardwick and was published on the weekend of 3/4 July 2004 by the Hardwick Community Association, to mark 25 years since the Association was formed. To order a copy of the book, print off the Order form and return it with your payment. The book is packed with interesting information and pictures of both the old and the modern village. There is a wealth additional information on the accompanying CD, including many old newspaper cuttings from the Cambridge Evening News. There are chapters on:
Many people have written sections of the book or provided photographs or information, and they are acknowledged in the book. The book has been put together by an editorial committee consisting of: Grace Atkinson, Annette Bond, Cara Bootman, Marian French, Mel and Richard Grenfell, Iain Hayman, Anne Jones, Jeff Jones, Jane Muncey, Howard Seaber-Shinn, Barbara Slade, and Andy Smith. The launch of the book was marked by an exhibition of memorabilia to be held in St Mary's Church on 4 July 2004. If you have any queries about the book, please contact the president of the Community Association, Anne Jones.
Webmaster Hardwick through the agesLast updated: Thursday, 26 October 2006, 07:58 AM The name Hardwick is generally taken to mean Sheep farm. Why it should have been applied to our village no one knows, especially as it has been more noted in the ancient records for the quality of oats grown rather than sheep, and many of the records show little sign of flocks of sheep being kept. The earliest mention of the village is in 991 A. D. and that only in tradition. In that year the Danes were again threatening this part of the country and Ealdorman Beortnoth, the local chief was leading his men, to join in the campaign against the invaders. The lands he had at Hardwick he gave to the priory at Ely as a burial offering in the event of his death in the coming battle. Much later we find that Edward the Confessor confirms the gift to the priory. The next mention of Hardwick is in the Domesday Book compiled by order of William the Conqueror. At that time the manor covered 5 hides one virgate and 22 acres. There were 7 villeins (peasants, who farmed land in return for work done on the lord's land) and 4 servi (landless servants) with 2 oxen plough teams. In 1109 the See of Ely was created and the manor of Hardwick became part of the lands given to the Bishop for his use. Between 1166 and 1212 part of the Bishop's lands passed by gift into the hands of the nuns of Swaffham Bulbeck in exchange for ½ Knights fee. A knights fee was reckoned as the amount of land required to support one knight. This form of taxation provided for the defence of the country. In exchange for land from the king, landholders had to provide a number of knights and men-at-arms when called upon. A further ¼ fee was held by Henry de Essex in 1212. By 1251 we find that the land was divided between:
These latter had various dues to the Bishop, the most important of which was 3 week works throughout the year. The villeins were permitted to cut fencing from the wood in exchange for 2 hens. Hardwick Wood (then called Bradclah) covered 21½ acres. The main income of the Bishop (amounting to £28) seems to have been from the commutation of week works, so it is possible that by 1251 the Manor Farm was being worked by the tenants as was certainly the case in 1299. As might be expected, with a Bishop as Lord of the Manor, there has been a Church in Hardwick for a long time and certainly since 1217 when the earliest record of the building is known. Throughout the history of our church the Bishop of Ely has had the right to appoint the rector to the Living, and until the Tithe Redemption Act of 1935, the right to receive tithes. In 1219 this amounted to the value of 10 marks (the mark being worth 66½p approx), in 1254 12 marks and in 1291 16 marks. In addition the Rector was granted a house with 40 acres of glebe land. At least once during this period the rector was an absentee from the parish and he appointed a vicar in his place. Unlike many of his contemporaries, the then rector paid nearly all the tithes to the Vicar. Absenteeism continued to plague the Church until the early 19th century when it was finally abolished, to the betterment of the Church and Village. Although, as mentioned earlier, there has been a Church building since 1217, our present building (except for the vestry) dates from around 1400. One of the south windows is earlier and perhaps comes from that earlier building. A little later the Chancel Arch was rebuilt and the steps in the left hand corner were added to provide access to a rood screen. This latter was removed during the Restoration, restored in the early 17th century and finally removed at some unknown date. Our Church in other words is very much as it was 570 years ago. Life in the 14th Century cannot have been easy for the various tenant farmers. The figures that are available suggest that there was a decline in prosperity over the period from the early thirteen hundreds to the late fourteen hundreds. For example the rent of a full tenement is recorded as 17 shillings a year (85p) in the time of Bishop Fordham (1388-1425) soon reduced by him to 15 shillings (75p) because of the poverty of the inhabitants. By 1463 it had become 13 shillings and 4 pence (66½p). During this time rent was often in arrears, probably doe to the poverty in the village but also because of difficulties in actually getting to the village to collect the rents. During this period the Bishop also had extensive judicial rights over the lives of the inhabitants. The court seems to have met once a year but unfortunately no details of the proceedings seem to have survived. The poverty of Hardwick mentioned in above probably continued into the 15 hundreds. The rents from the Manor were stable by this time but bore no relation to the economic life of the village. However by 1535 we find that the Rector's income had dropped to £8.14.1 (£8.70½ ) As his income was in part made up of tithes it is reasonable to assume that life was not very easy for the inhabitants. Around this time Henry VIII quarrelled with the Pope over his desire to divorce Katherine of Aragon and broke the English Church away from Rome. The Rector of Hardwick at that time, Ralph Baynes, was almost certainly opposed to Henry, as we find him in Queen Mary's time (when the Church briefly returned to acknowledging papal supremacy) as Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. How this affected the village we do not knew as he was probably an absentee Rector, a curate being mentioned as resident. Ralph Baynes' successor Nicholas Stennett was deprived of the living during Mary's reign for unknown reasons though possibly he opposed her church policy. Later he was re-instated in Elizabeth I's reign. Another rector, William Middleton, was a prominent protestant, and was once reported for not wearing a surplice in disobedience of the Queen's; orders. He served the parish himself from 1585 to 1613 and is buried in the churchyard. A cup and paten dating from 1569 are still the property of the church and are on display in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Our records of Births, Deaths and Marriages date from this time. In 1600 the manor of Hardwick passed out of the hands of the Bishop of Ely when Bishop Heton was forced to exchange the estate for another by Elizabeth I. The crown held the lands for only ten years until James I granted it to George Salter and John Williams of London. These gentlemen appointed the then Rector of Little Gransden who, two years later became the Lord of the Manor. Thirty years after this the Rector Edmund Mapletoft bought the Manor jointly with a John Tolly though it did not remain in their hands long after 1652, it being passed to a Doctor Franke and a Mr Sterne who held it in trust for Matthew Wren, the Bishop of Ely. The Bishop at the time was under confinement as a supporter of Archbishop Laud who had been executed 7 years earlier for his support of King Charles and his anti-Puritan measures. After the restoration of the Monarchy, Matthew Wren initiated the building of a Chapel at Pembroke College in Cambridge and gave the Manor of Hardwick to the College as part of the endowment. Since then the Manor has been held jointly by the Master and two trustees of the Chapel. As everywhere else the size of the holdings of land in the village had increased. The 25 villeins of 1251 had become 13 copyholders (a form of ownership halfway between freehold and leasehold) plus a few freeholders. The Bishop of Peterborough held 240 acres (180 freehold and 60 copyhold) and William Adams 100 acres plus. Enclosure was starting, Hatchmore field, Stockenden field and Puttocksrow field having been established and various closes of pasture are also mentioned. Edmund Mapletoft mentioned in last month's article as Rector, was ejected from the living in 1644 after being accused of negligence and popish practices, and a puritan successor installed. After the Restoration, the then Rector, John Fido, was ejected for being part author of a work in praise of Parliament. Later he became a Congregationalist. During the 1640's much early art work and stained glass was destroyed all over the country by the Puritans. Sometimes this happened by accident but mostly the work was done deliberately. In this area, one William Dowsing was charged with the work and in Hardwick he ordered 12 'superstitious" pictures and a cross to be removed and the Altar steps to be levelled. Nonconformity survived in Hardwick after the ejection of John Fido, it being recorded that there was a Congregational conventicle at John Morley's house with a preacher, Nathaniel Ball, an ejected minister. In the village itself there seem to have been only two dissenters. After the troubled years of the 17th Century Hardwick seems to have settled back to a relatively peaceful and placid life during the 18th Century. What record we have shows little of note happening. Farms were farmed as best they could and land continued to change hands. Among those who held lands in the period was a gentleman called Lancelot Brown better known as Capability Brown the famous English landscape gardener. He owned what is now known as Victoria Farm, though there is no mention of him living in the house. Church life continued to be plagued by absentee Rectors. By the late 17 hundreds both the Church and the Rectory, which was then on the site of the present Rectory Farm, were in a bad state of repair. The Rectory was described as a sort of hospital for poor people, three families living there in tenements. The last decade of the century again brought poverty to the people. A succession of wet years resulted in poor crops and a decline in agriculture and the parish was cited as an example of the deficiencies of an enclosed parish. Compared with Childerley, Hardwick produced only two thirds the amount of wheat per acre, half the amount of barley and oats and less than half for peas and beans. As a consequence of these factors expenditure on the poor rose from £36 in 1776 and £40 in 1783/85 to £111 in 1803, though part of this may have been due to inflation caused by the Napoleonic War. Ten people were permanently helped, 10 occasionally, and 18 children, 6 of whom were at a school of industry. As the population of the village in 1801 was 158 it means that approximately one quarter of the people were in need of assistance. During the early years of the 19th Century the population declined, no doubt because of the decline in agriculture, so that by 1831 the population was reduced to 90 people and only 10 dwelling houses are recorded in the village. A short boost to farming was given by inclosure so that by 1841 the population had risen to 202 and several new houses built. One of the main reasons that Hardwick remained less developed was the fact that the village was almost inaccessible in wet weather, making for poor communications. This is attested to by the curate in 1836 who felt that this was why Hardwick was a "very poor place and the people very ignorant". Education in the first half of the 19th Century was taken care of by the Sunday School. Most people, no doubt think of this institution in terms of teaching children basic knowledge of Christianity, but when they were first founded they also taught children reading, writing and arithmetic. In many parts of the country this was the only education available to children, and had to be on Sundays for they worked all the rest of the week. When the Hardwick Sunday School was founded we do not know, except that there wasn't one in 1789, the curate feeling it was impracticable owing to the general disposition of the. inhabitants. By 1818 the Sunday School had 9 children, the curate finding it hard work as he reports that the poor people "seem very indifferent whether their children have the advantage of education or not". By 1833 attendance was 13 children and in 1846/47 it was 33. The Sunday School met in the Church and was free to all. An extract from the Auction Notices for the sale of RED BRICK FARM for many years in the occupation of Mr.John Hodson:- at The Red Lion Hotel, Cambridge on Saturday 11th July 1908 at 4.30 o'clock punctually. LOT 5 A FREEHOLD CLOSE OF OLD PASTURE known as "Church Close" In the centre of the Village adjoining the Church with frontage to the village street of about 140ft. In all about 1 acre 2 roods 14 poles, together with the Brick Clunch and Tiled BLACKSMITH'S SHOP therein containing Brick Forge. Also 3 FREEHOLD COTTAGES Brick built and slated each containing 2 lower and 2 upper rooms with brick and tiled outhouses. BAKEHOUSE with brick oven. There are good gardens behind. In the occupation of Messrs. Canibers, Marshall and C.Longstaff. This lot is in land. The annual rental for the cottages amounting to £12.0.0. Landlord paying outgoings. The purchaser shall take the Bellows, Trough, Drill and Vice in the Blacksmith's shop at the sum of £9.10.-. to be paid on completion. Tithe for 1908 on Lots 5, 6, 7, 8s. 4 3/4d Source: Originally published in Hardwick Happenings, 1976
Webmaster A brief history of HardwickLast updated: Thursday, 26 October 2006, 07:44 AM In 970 AD King Edgar established a monastery in Hardwick under Benedictine rule and gave it to Ealdorman Beorhtnorth. Ealdorman then gave the land amounting to 22 acres to the Abbot and convent of Ely in 991 AD in return for hospitality extended to his troops on route to fight the Danes at the Battle of Maldon with the request that, if he were to be killed in battle, Hardwick was one of the places where he would like to be buried. To this day the Bishop of Ely is Patron of St Mary's Church and appoints the rector. Until the 11th century Hardwick was part of the settlement of Toft, a name of Scandinavian origin. Six teams of oxen and their handlers with 20 pigs were recorded as living in Hardwick at the time of the Domesday Book. The word means the settlement of shepherds, a sheep farm from the name meaning the place of the sheep, but the heavy clay soil used for the growing of oats in more modern times had led to the epithet "Hungry Hardwick". There have been numerous spellings around the name of Hardwick over the centuries, the "e" only being dropped at the end of the Second World War. In 1831 there were ten dwelling houses in the village, which was surrounded by three open fields, but at the time of enclosure in 1836 more were built and a new road linking the houses around the church with the main Cambridge to St Neot's road was built through to Toft. Previously the village green covered more than 10 acres and was surrounded by three open fields. Access to the outside world had been by the Portway (now also the Wimpole Way), an ancient track at the southern end of the village green linking Cambridge with Bedford and Wimpole Hall. In 1836 the curate described Hardwick as "a very poor place and the people very ignorant", no doubt due to the fact that the village was almost inaccessible in wet weather. Hardwick used to have two substantial homesteads. The Manor by a moat to the south east of the village was given to the monks of Ely and eventually endowed to Pembroke College to celebrate the completion of its chapel. Hardwick Hall lay to the west of the common land. Now the above ground signs of both are lost, Manor Crescent and Hall Drive being the only reminders. Other than a few outlying farmhouses, poor communications on badly drained land hampered any development over the years until one-acre plots were given to Londoners and ex-soldiers after the First World War as part of the London Dockland Rehabilitation Scheme and a ribbon of bungalows was built along the St Neots Road in the 1930's, continued after the Second World War. Many of the post-war plots had become derelict and in the 1970's formed much of the site for 600 new houses on Limes Estate and Hardwick Park. The first reference to a school was in 1580. There was a new school building in 1872. This church-owned village school was closed in 1968 and a new Community Primary School was opened in 1979. From 11 people in 1086 Hardwick grew to 43 by the 13th century. The population was 81 adults in 1377 and fell to 14 families by 1563. From 158 in 1801 the numbers fell further to 90 in 10 dwellings in 1831, doubling by 1841 and rising to 248 in 1871, before declining again to 112 in 1901. The population stood at 471 in 1931. All small changes compared to a population of 470 in 1951 growing to 2,240 by 1986 and now likely to remain around 2,500. Source: From the booklet A Brief History of the Parish Church of St Mary's Hardwick (1989)
Webmaster About: Our elected representatives County and District CouncilLast updated: Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 08:44 AM County CouncilDenzil Baldwin (Conservative) is Councillor for Hardwick Ward on Cambridgeshire County Council. His current term of office is 2005-2009. Address: Westwind, Highfields Road, Highfields Caldecote, Cambridge CB3 7NX District CouncilJim Stewart (Liberal Democrat) is Councillor for Hardwick Ward on South Cambridgeshire District Council. Address: White Cottage, 85 Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge CB3 7QU
Webmaster About: Our elected representatives MEPs representing our regionLast updated: Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 12:37 AM The Members of the European Parliament representing the Eastern region, elected by Proportional Representation on 10 June 2004 are: Christopher Beazley (Conservative) Andrew Duff (Liberal Democrat) Richard Howitt (Labour) Robert Sturdy (Conservative) Jeffrey Titford (UK Independence) Geoffrey Van Orden (Conservative) Tom Wise (UK Independence)
Webmaster About: Our elected representatives Our local MPLast updated: Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 12:34 AM The local MP for Hardwick is Andrew Lansley, CBE (Conservative), Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire South. SurgeriesConstituency surgeries are held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the month. How to contact AndrewAddress for correspondence: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Webmaster The village signLast updated: Sunday, 02 July 2006, 04:15 AM The village sign was erected in 1989 and represents life in Hardwick from its beginning to the present day. The sign is an apple, showing the village's connection with fruit growing. The tree trunk surrounded by leaves and blossom is a sign of ongoing natural life. Under the tree is the church signifying the Christian faith. The figures of a man and woman with boy and girl represent the family lifestyle. The sheep and shepherd's crook represent the origin of the name Hardwick. The sign is held by two hands which represent a caring community. Underneath the sign are the Latin words "EX ANTIQUIS ET NOVISSIMIS OPTIMA", which have been taken to mean "The best comes from the old and new", although a better translation would be "Best of the olde -- and of the latest"*. It is the same motto as that of Fitzwilliam College. For more information, see the March 1999 Millennium Newswire. * Thanks to Prof. John Henderson, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, for this suggestion.
Webmaster The Hardwick Millennium FootpathLast updated: Sunday, 19 March 2006, 04:24 AM A circular walk around Hardwick to celebrate the Millennium. The walk begins and ends at the Hardwick village sign. It passes through the parishes of Hardwick, Comberton, and Caldecote, and crosses the Greenwich Meridian twice. It mainly follows existing public rights of way, though about 1 mile (1.6 km) is on a new permissive path. The route follows a combination of farm tracks, bridleways, field edges, and roadside pavements, and is waymarked (except in Caldecote parish) with signs bearing the Hardwick Celebrates 2000 logo. Hardwick and Caldecote Highfields are seen from a variety of different viewpoints, and in places there are good vistas to the south over the Bourn valley. In March 1998 a survey of Hardwick village residents was carried out by Hardwick Community Association, to canvass ideas for marking the Millennium. One of the most popular ideas was the creation of a circular footpath, for the enjoyment of local people of all ages as well as visitors, to allow them to better enjoy the countryside surrounding the village. At a meeting of the Community Association on 1 June 1998, this proposal was enthusiastically endorsed, and a steering group was set up to pursue the project, with the aim of opening the footpath at a special Millennium celebration weekend in summer 2000 (1-2 July). h3. Route Description Begin at the village sign outside St Mary's Church (TL 372 586). Walk south along the road to the Blue Lion pub, and cross the road to pick up the public footpath heading east across fields, branching left (northeast) at the path junction (TL 388 584). At the Hardwick/ Comberton parish boundary (TL 383 586), leave the public right of way and turn north along the new permissive path, crossing the new footbridge across the Bin Brook, and continuing along the field edge until a hedge and ditch is reached (TL 384 591). Turn east along the track until the gate onto Long Road is reached (TL 389 590). Turn left (north) along the field edge to St Neots Road. There is no public access across the last 100 yards before the road, and so it is necessary to take a detour through a gap in the hedge and along the side of Long Road to the corner (beware of traffic). Proceed westward along the new shared cycle/pedestrian path and then the pavement on the south side of St Neots Road, past the line of bungalows, Cambridge Road, Pet-Paks (teas served at Frankie's Snack Bar), Hall Drive, and the Enterprise Cafe, until the track to Highfield Farm branches off to the left. Follow this southwest, past the farm, to join Highfields Road, Caldecote. Turn left (south), taking the pavement first on the right and then the left, past the Social Club. Turn left (east) along East Drive then south to join the Port Way at TL 352 582. Turn left and follow the public bridleway east to Hardwick Wood, then north to the junction at TL 357 583. From this point an optional diversion may be taken along a pleasant path to TL 361 591 (this point is close to the site of the plane crash on The Hay, on the night 16th/17th December 1943.), but it is necessary to return the same way, as there is no right of way past here. Continue on the Port Way track until reaching the Toft road at the south end of Hardwick Village (TL 371 581). (From here, a short cut along the road leads back to the starting point.) Pick up the track again a few yards north on the other side of the road and continue east to Starve Goose Plantation (TL 381 581). Turn left, then left again to rejoin the outward route back to the Blue Lion. Stop by for a welcome drink, and thence back to the village sign. A leaflet describing the walk is available from Andy Smith. h3. Distances |1|Full route|8.6 mi|13.9 km| |2|Omitting Caldecote double-back|7.6 mi|12.1 km| |3|Omitting Starvegoose Plantation loop|7.4 mi|12.0 km| |4|Omitting both|6.4 mi|10.3 km| |5|Eastern half-circuit (closing loop via Cambridge Road/ Main Street)|3.2 mi|5.1 km| |6|Western half-circuit (closing loop via Cambridge Road/ Main Street)|4.6 mi|7.4 km| The Greenwich Meridian is crossed at 3.2 mi (5.1 km) and 6.8 mi (11.0 km) from the start (full route, anti-clockwise). Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland The blue line shows the route; the green line is the Greenwich Meridian. Click on the map for a larger image. More detail may be found in the OS 1:25000 scale "Explorer" map sheet 209 (Cambridge). h3. Opening of the Footpath The official opening of the path, and the inaugural walk around it, took place during the Hardwick Millennium Celebration weekend, on Sunday 2nd July 2000. See photos and more photos. People assembled at the start of the walk, the village sign outside the church, from 10.30am onward and at 10.45am the Footpath was officially opened by Mrs Anne Jones, President of the Community Association who thanked the many individuals and organisations who had help to convert the desire for a circular footpath to mark the Millennium into a reality. Then, after admiring the brand new signboard showing the route of the Footpath, a party of some 95 people, including 43 children and youngsters, set off to walk part or all of the Footpath. At the parish boundary, the new section of path was opened by Miss Caroline Chivers by cutting a rather fine ribbon. The walkers continued through the fields, much appreciating the opportunity to walk a route which had not previously been open to the public. Some of the walkers returned via Cambridge Road and Main Street, a shorter circuit of about 3 miles, but most continued, crossing the Meridian, though Caldecote Highfields and back across the parish boundary near Hardwick Wood. Here a break was taken for a picnic lunch; at which point it began raining, though this in no way dampened the spirits of the party. After lunch the rest of the walk was completed, with 47 people reaching the village sign at about 2.20pm, after a most enjoyable if tiring 7½ miles, in time for the next event in the programme of the weekend, the Service of Celebration at 3pm. Press Report, 5 June 2000 h3. Acknowledgements * Chivers Farms Ltd. (land access, grass seeding, field edge mowing, fencing etc.) * Millennium Commission (grant which covered most of the project cost) * Hardwick Community Association (financial support, including funds raised at Christmas Bazaars, etc) * Hardwick Parish Council (support and advice, grass mowing, millennium signboard, future maintenance) * Cambridgeshire County Council (advice, negotiation of access agreement, waymarking signs) * Jane Muncey (questionnaire, millennium coordination, publicity via Hardwick Millennium Newswire) * Robin Martlew (support and advice) * Jim Stewart (support and advice) * Lynne Howells and the Hardwick Happenings team (publicity via the Happenings and leaflet distribution) * Shirley Bidgood (leaflet design, photography) * Helen Jones (Hardwick 2000 logo design) * Anne Jones (opening the Footpath) * Windmill Business Systems (financial sponsorship) * Madingley Mulch (financial sponsorship) * Ordnance Survey (permission to reproduce map) h3. The Millennium Footpath Steering Group * Andy Smith * Shirley Bidgood * Iain Hayman * Chris Bond h3. Helpers * Annette Bond * Ron Fisher * Steven Smith * Pat Vernon
Webmaster 2001 census resultsLast updated: Sunday, 05 October 2003, 04:52 AM Resident Population and AgeThe resident population of Hardwick, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 2,630 of which 50 per cent were male and 50 per cent were female. The resident population of South Cambridgeshire was 130,108, of which 50 per cent were male and 50 per cent were female. Resident population (percentage)
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Source: 2001 Census, ONS Health and provision of careThe 2001 Census asked people to describe their health, over the preceding 12 months as 'good', 'fairly good' or 'not good'. Resident population (percentage)
Source: 2001 Census, ONS It also asked questions about any limiting long-term illness, health problem or disability which limited peoples daily activities or the work they could do. Resident population (percentage) With a limiting long-term illness
Source: 2001 Census, ONS For the first time, the 2001 Census asked a question about any voluntary care provided to look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long term physical or mental ill-health or disability, or problems relating to old age. Resident population (percentage)
Source: 2001 Census, ONS There are two main benefits associated with health that are paid to people needing help with personal care. They are the 'Disability Living Allowance' and the 'Attendance Allowance'. The Disability Living Allowance is a benefit paid to people under 65, who are disabled, and need help with personal care, and/or getting around. In August 2000, 2,660 people in South Cambridgeshire received this benefit. (Source: Department for Work and Pensions, 2000) The Attendance Allowance is paid to people over the age of 65, who are so severely disabled, physically or mentally, that they need supervision or a great deal of help with personal care. In May 2000, 2,115 people in South Cambridgeshire received this benefit. (Source: Department for Work and Pensions, 2000) Economic ActivityResident population aged 16 to 74 (percentage)
Source: 2001 Census, ONS Within Hardwick, 25 per cent of those unemployed were aged 50 and over, 0 per cent had never worked and 17 per cent were long term unemployed. (Source: 2001 Census, ONS) In August 2000, there were 425 Jobseeker Allowance claimants in South Cambridgeshire of which 35 per cent had child dependants. The Job Seeker Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week. Figures produced here are those only for people claiming income-based JSA. (Source: Department for Work and Pensions, 2000) In August 2000, there were 3,420 Income Support claimants in South Cambridgeshire, of which 2 per cent were aged under 20. Income support was introduced on April 11th 1988 and can be paid to a person who is aged 16 and over, is not working 16 hours or more a week, and has less money coming in than the law says they need to live on. (Source: Department for Work and Pensions, 2000) Students and QualificationsStudents and schoolchildren aged 16 to 74
Note: Students and schoolchildren were counted at their term-time address. Source: 2001 Census, ONS Resident population aged 16 to 74 (percentage)
Source: 2001 Census, ONS Housing and HouseholdsIn Hardwick there were 946 households in 2001. 100 per cent of the resident population lived in households. The remainder of the population lived in communal establishments. The number of households in South Cambridgeshire was 52,181. Number of households (percentage)
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Sources: 2001 Census, ONS and The Land Registry, 2001 Levels Of Crime in South CambridgeshireNotifiable offences recorded by the police. April 2000 to March 2001.
Source: Home Office, 2001 About this summary
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