Woodwalton

Woodwalton
Woodwalton

 Woodwalton shown within Cambridgeshire
Population 237 (2001)
OS grid reference TL212813
Parish Wood Walton
District Huntingdonshire
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Woodwalton – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Abbots Ripton south west of Ramsey. The civil parish of Wood Walton is spread over a wide area, the main village dissected by the East Coast Main Line. To the north of the village in the area known as "Church End" stands the (now redundant) parish church of St Andrew.

Further north are the earthworks of Woodwalton Castle, a motte-and-bailey castle which formerly held the manor of the parish.[1] In 1886 a hoard of Roman coins was dug up in the parish.[2] The village stands at the edge of Woodwalton Fen, an area of special scientific interest.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Page, William; Proby, Granville; Ladds, S. Inskip, eds. (1936), "Parishes: Wood Walton", Victoria County History (University of London & History of Parliament Trust) 3: pp. 236–241, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66185#s3, retrieved 19 July 2010 
  2. ^ genuki.org.uk, Retrieved 18 September 2010

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