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Steeple Morden is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about south west of Cambridge and west of Royston. It is part of the South Cambridgeshire local government district. The parish is combined with the parishes of Abington Pigotts, Guilden Morden and Tadlow to form "The Mordens" ward, which is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by one councillor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Electoral wards )〕 ==History== Steeple Morden parish covers and area of in a long thin shape stretching from the River Cam at its northern border with Tadlow and Croydon-cum-Clapton to the ancient Icknield Way (now the A505 road) at its southern border with Hertfordshire. Its long western border with Guilden Morden and eastern border with Abington Pigotts and Litlington largely follow streams. An airfield opened at RAF Steeple Morden in 1938, covering 175 acres to the east of Cheyney Water. It began as a satellite of the base at RAF Bassingbourn and was later used by the 355th Fighter Group of the United States Air Force. The site of the airfield has now been returned to agricultural use.〔 although the concrete taxiways and runways still remain, part of which is laid on a stretch of local byway known as 'The stret' Listed as ''Mordune'' in the Domesday Book and ''Stepelmordun'' in 1242, the name "Morden" means "hill in moor or marshland", with the "Steeple" added signifying "church steeple" to distinguish it from neighbouring Guilden Morden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names )〕 It was also known as South Morden in the early 13th century.〔 The railways reached the parish in the mid-19th century, crossing the southernmost end of the parish. Ashwell and Morden railway station, on the Hitchin-Royston railway, opened near the hamlet of Odsey late in 1850 and has remained open since.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steeple Morden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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