{{Short description|Village in Cambridgeshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Little Chishill | static_image = Little Chishill, St Nicholas - geograph.org.uk - 3305.jpg | static_image_caption = St Nicholas' parish church,<br>seen from the southeast | label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|52.0152|0.0665|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = TL419372 | civil_parish = Great and Little Chishill | shire_district = South Cambridgeshire | shire_county = Cambridgeshire | region = East of England | country = England | post_town = Royston | postcode_area = SG | postcode_district = SG8 | dial_code = 01763 | constituency_westminster = South Cambridgeshire | website = [http://greatchishill.org.uk/ Great & Little Chishill] }}
'''Little Chishill''' is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Chishill, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is {{convert|1|mi}} south of the village of Great Chishill.<ref name=OS>{{cite map |series=Landranger |section=sheet 154 |title=Cambridge & Newmarket (Saffron Walden) |ISBN=9780319231739 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |year=2012}}</ref> In 1961 the parish had a population of 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10047675/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Little Chishill AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=10 January 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1968 the parish was abolished to form "Great and Little Chishill".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10101505|title=Relationships and changes Little Chishill AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=10 January 2023}}</ref>
Little Chishill is about {{convert|1/4|mi|m}} east of the county boundary with Hertfordshire and about {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} southeast of Royston.<ref name=OS/>
==Parish church== The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is built of flint with limestone and clunch dressings. Its chancel is 12th-century and was extended in the 13th century. The nave was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the west tower and south porch are late 14th-century. New windows were inserted in the nave in the 15th century, and were replaced in the 19th century. The east window of the chancel and the belfry openings of the west tower are 16th-century. The church is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1162491 |desc=Parish church of St Nicolas |grade=II* |accessdate=22 December 2015}}</ref>
The parish's first recorded vicar was John Martyn in 1333.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
==See also== *The Hundred Parishes
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1970 |orig-year=1954 |title=Cambridgeshire |series=The Buildings of England |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-071010-8 |pages=427–428 }}
==External links== {{Commons category|Little Chishill}} *[http://greatchishill.org.uk/ Great & Little Chishill]
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Category:Villages in Cambridgeshire Category:Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire Category:South Cambridgeshire District