Yelling
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| Yelling | |
| Huntingdonshire | |
|---|---|
 Holy Cross Church, Yelling | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL260625 |
| Location: | 52°15’0"N, 0°9’36"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Huntingdon |
| Postcode: | PE19 |
| Dialling code: | 01480 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Huntingdonshire |
Yelling is a quiet village in Huntingdonshire, set in a woodland valley close to the county's south-eastern boundary. It is a linear village with attractive thatched and half-timbered cottages and an air of peace.
The village's name was in Anglo-Saxon days, named Gelling, pronounced the same as today, a name taken from the manorial family of Gill or Gell.
In its 12th Century church are four bells dated from 1666 and two stained glass windows in memory of a former rector and his wife. The noted evangelist Henry Venn was Yelling's vicar from 1771 until his death there in 1797, and a plaque commemorating him is set over the pulpit.
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