The Parish of Harlton
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The parish of Harlton etched onto the surface of the village sign erected to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee 2002. One of the three panels of this sign (below left)  depicts the radio-telescopes which lie in the parish boundaries

Harlton is situated some 6 miles South West of Cambridge just off the A603 (Roman Road) and adjacent to the Eversdens in an Easterly direction and Haslingfield Westerly. Together Great and Little Eversden, Harlton and Haslingfield form the "Lords Bridge" group of parishes - named after the original site of a railway station which now forms part of the Radio Astronomy of Cambridge University.  It's telescopes are sited on the old railways line which runs due E-W for 5 kilometers.

The village of Harlton is in a rural setting surrounded by farms, woodland, fields of barley, wheat, oil seed rape horses and cattle. The population is small with some 100 households, a village shop, 3 active farms, a  public house and a village hall (below) which for many years was the village school. Many of its picturesque cottages (below right) were constructed in earlier centuries and preserve the gentle  character of a quiet Cambridgeshire village sighted within the historical 10 mile radius of Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge.  That boundary originally set the residence limits for teachers of the University - being the reasonable distance a 'fellow' might be expected to travel in to the city by horse.  Many of the residents still have strong links with the University and the gift of the living of Harlton remains in the patronage of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Its cricket field,  generously provided by the local farmers, is one of several fields used to graze the cattle. I provides a unique undulating and pitted surface, liberally endowed with 'cow-pats' which may be of little benefit to either home or away teams. The view (left) shows the sqaure with the radio telescope in the distance. The telescopes (right) as they are depicted on the village 'sign" which is situated on the green adjacent to the village pond. (see below right)

The village hall (left) which used to be the village school many
years ago has been extended and is to be formally opened on SaturdayApril 14th 2007.