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Helpston
Helpston shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| Population | 870 |
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| OS grid reference | TF1205 |
| Unitary authority | Peterborough |
| Ceremonial county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode district | PE6 |
| Dialling code | 01733 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
Helpston (also, formerly, "Helpstone") is an English village formerly in the Soke of Peterborough, geographically in Northamptonshire — subsequently (1965–1974) in Huntingdon and Peterborough, then in Cambridgeshire — and administered by the City of Peterborough unitary authority.
The civil parish of Helpston covers an area of 754 hectares (1,860 acres) and had an estimated population in 2005 of 870.[1]
The parish church is dedicated to St. Botolph; the chancel window was created by Francis Skeat and depicts "Christ in Majesty".[2][3]
The poet John Clare was born in Helpston in 1793 and was buried in the churchyard at St. Botolph.[2]
The name Helpston is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means the farmstead (tun) first settled by Help (an Old English personal name).[4]
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