Steeple Morden
[3] Steeple Morden parish covers and area of 1,549 hectares (3,830 acres) in a long thin shape stretching from the River Cam at its northern border with Tadlow and Croydon-cum-Clopton to the ancient Icknield Way (now the A505 road) at its southern border with Hertfordshire.[4] An airfield opened at RAF Steeple Morden in 1938, covering 175 acres to the east of Cheyney Water.[4] 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.In the 1860s the church was rebuilt and now comprises an aisled nave with steepled south porch, and a short chancel.The nave was repaired, and after disputes over the funding it was decided not to rebuild the chancel, instead leaving a gap where the tower had been until the reconstruction of the 1860s.