The following  has been taken from the History Gazetteer & Directory of Cambridgeshire including the Isle of Ely, printed & published by Robert Gardener in 1851.signed by John Drage Camps, Haddenham, 1864.

Stuntney is a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Ely Trinity, and is situate about 1½ mile S.E. from Ely. Its acreage ( 2,597 ) is included with Ely, and its population in 1841 was 220 souls. William Harlock, jun., Esq., and Mrs. Hatt are the principal landowners.

Manor.-- Stuntney was one of the oldest possessions of the Church of Ely, having been given by Wolstande Delham, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, to the secular clerks who inhabited the Monastery before its restoration by King Edgar. On the partition of the estates of the Church by Bishop Hervey, Stuntney was one of those assigned for the maintenance of the office of cellarer. After the dissolution, it was not granted with the other possessions of the Monastery to the Dean and Chapter, but granted in 1540 to Sir Edward North.  It soon after came into the possession of the Steward family, with which it continued till about the year 1723, when it was in the possession of Robert Lightfoot, Esq.  It was afterwards in the possession of Francis Bagge, the last of the Chief Bailiffs for the Isle of Ely, and it is now the property of William Harlock, jun., Esq., of Ely.  The Stewards were lessees, under the Church of Ely, of the Rectory of Ely, called the Sectary, and of the tithes of both parishes in Ely.  On the death of Sir Thomas Steward in 1636, this estate passed to his nephew, Oliver Cromwell, who in the same year took possession of the Rectory house ( now the residence of Mr Rushbrook, Brewer ), at which he resided much of his time, until he was chosen M.P. for Cambridge in 1640.  ''Whilst he resided at Ely,'' says the Magna Britannia, '' he was a warm opponent of the schemes for draining the fens; and it is said that his mind was then at the highest pitch of enthusiasm, absorbed in melancholy, and disgusted both with the religious and civil establishments of the Kingdom.  He occasionally retired to Ely after the commencement of the war, and being resident there in the month of January 1644, by his personal authority ordered the Cathedral service to be discontinued: he first wrote to the '' Clergy Vicar '' to request that he would desist from using it, but finding that his request was disregarded, he entered the Cathedral with a party of soldiers, and with his sword drawn, ordered the Vicar '' to leave off his fooling '' and drove the whole congregation from the Cathedral.

The Village of Stuntney, which is small, is situate on an acclivity commanding an excellent view of Ely.  As has been seen at a preceding page, Stuntney, before the drainage of the fens, was a detached Island.  The Manor house, Stuntney Hall ( now a farm house ), which stands on an eminence, was the Ancient residence of the Stewards, and afterwards of Oliver Cromwell, who inherited it from them.  Several hillocks in the vicinity of the Hall are supposed to have been thrown up by the latter, when he was preparing to level his canon against the Cathedral.

Quaney farm, in this township, is also very ancient: the Hall,  now a farm house, is supposed to have been once a Cell or Grange to the Abbey.  The Lord of the Manor of Stuntney has in his possession a manorial quit rent and fine book from the year 1735 in an excellent state of preservation..

The Chapel is a curiosity, being one of the three Saxon building in the County; the others being the Chapel at Sturbridge near Cambridge, and the Priory Church at Isleham, now used as a barn.  This is entirely of Saxon architecture, and is supposed to be one of the most ancient in the Kingdom.  It consists of a Nave or body and Chancel, in good repair.  It has doorways on each side of the Nave ( one of which is filled up ) ornamented with Chevron mouldings, as is also the great arch between the Nave and Chancel: the Capitals of the pillars are foliated.  The living is a perpetual curacy not in charge, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and incumbency of the Rev. John Griffith. The benefice is returned at the nett value of £77. per annum.  The tithes were commuted for a rent charge of £587. 10s., payable to the lessee of the Dean and Chapter; through the instrumentality of the present Lord of the Manor, the Bishop has lately granted a license for burying in the yard attached to this ancient edifice.

Principal inhabitants.
Farmers.
William Ayres.
Thomas Beeton.
William Bull, Stuntney Hall.
James Day.
Robert Jones.
John Marsh, Quaney Farm.
Robert Peacock.
James Willson.
William Willson.

Traders.
William Benton, Blacksmith & Beer Retailer.
Maria Mendham, Victualler, The Anchor.
Edward Stubbins, Chapel Clerk.