village. Writer Michael J. Bird lived in Great Shelford in his last years. The ancestry of US President Barack Obama was traced to the village in 2009, bringing Great Shelford into the national media. Events The Shelford Festival and Feast takes place every year in the 2nd week of July. The origins of the Shelford Feast date back to medieval times. The Feast continued until the Second World War, the last one being held in 1938 until revived in 1994. Since 1994 The Shelford Feast has been held every year except 2020, and by 2019 had donated £338,000 to local good causes. References Bibliography History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cambridgeshire, published by Robert Gardner, Peterborough, 1851. Mee, Arthur, Cambridgeshire; new rev. ed. (The King's England.) London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965, p. 140. External links Great Shelford community website Village Website "The Shelford Feast" 2001 Census Villages in Cambridgeshire Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District