Pidley and Fenton

The Ancient villages of Pidley and Fenton in Huntingdonshire

Notes about the history of Pidley and Fenton

 

The Villages of Pidley and Fenton

Whilst we were researching the history of Pidley and Fenton we were looking for some form of symbol that could be used as the logo for this parish website. There used to be a brickworks at Fenton, that was one possibility but it did not relate to Pidley. From an agricultural point of view the parish historically was half arable and half mixed farming, so that did not help.

But then we discovered that nearly all the old forest was cleared from around both villages in medieval times, so at last we found something common to both, the woodsman's axe.

We therefore decided that the twin heraldic axes would be a good logo to use as it has reference to the common history of both Pidley and Fenton. One axe to represent each village.

Today there is still little woodland around either village although new woodland plantings have been established around the golf courses at Pidley.

More to follow shortly...