Stuntney is a village in East Cambridgeshire, located between Ely and Soham. It is just off the main road going from Newmarket to Ely, the A142. The earliest record of the village itself dates back to at least 1067, and the village of 'Stuntenei' is identified as an eel-fishing port in the Domesday Book of 1086. Medieval remains, including a large stone coffin, have …Stuntney is a village in East Cambridgeshire, located between Ely and Soham. It is just off the main road going from Newmarket to Ely, the A142. The earliest record of the village itself dates back to at least 1067, and the village of 'Stuntenei' is identified as an eel-fishing port in the Domesday Book of 1086. Medieval remains, including a large stone coffin, have been unearthed near Stuntney, showing that an early settlement existed near here. It was once surrounded by water, and a Bronze Age causeway connected Stuntney to the nearby cathedral town of Ely. Before the course of the River Great Ouse was straightened by the Bishops of Ely in the 12th century, it came right up the edge of the island on which the village stood, and docks existed on what is now agricultural land.
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