SHELFORD (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of
THRIPLOW, county of CAMBRIDGE, 5 miles (S. by E..)
from Cambridge, containing 438 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Ely, rated in the king's books at £ 15. 9. 7. The Rev.
H. Finch was patron in 1806. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. There is a place of worship for Independents.
Near the bridge over the Cam, which separates
Great and Little Shelford, stood anciently a hermitage.