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St John the Baptist's Church |
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Keyston
Keyston shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| OS grid reference | TL044735 |
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| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PE28 |
| Dialling code | 01832 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
Keyston – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.
The village lies at the western end of Huntingdonshire and the parish's western border coincides with the county boundary with Northamptonshire. The village is built around the brook that runs through its centre with the brook at about 45 metres above sea-level.
The civil parish of Keyston was abolished in 1935 in creating the larger parish of "Bythorn and Keyston", and the ecclesiastical parish followed a year later.[1][2]
Known as Chetelestan in the Domesday Book, the name Keyston means "Boundary stone of a man called Ketil".[3] By the 13th century it was known as Keston, and Keyston from the 16th century.[4]
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The poet John Donne was granted the living to the Rectory in 1616.[5]
The village church of St John the Baptist dates from the 13th century, with the present nave and aisles having been built in around 1250. The chancel followed in around 1280 and the tower in around 1300.[1]
The church is renowned for its oaken cadaver, a memorial consisting of a wooden skeleton, taken from a fifteenth-century tomb.
The village is also home to The Pheasant pub, known for its cuisine.[6] Keyston also has a small airfield.
| Year | Population |
| 1801 | 212 |
| 1851 | 199 |
| 1901 | 175 |
| 1921 | 182 |
| 1931 | 151 |
Census figures after 1935 are included in the parish of Bythorn and Keyston.