Ailsworth

Signpost in Ailsworth
Ailsworth
Ailsworth
 Ailsworth shown within Cambridgeshire
Population 413 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTL124985
Civil parishAilsworth
Unitary authorityPeterborough
Ceremonial countyCambridgeshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Peterborough
Postcode district PE5
Dialling code 01733
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentNorth West Cambridgeshire
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UK
England
Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°34′34″N 0°21′11″W / 52.576°N 0.353°W

Ailsworth or Ailesworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered part of Northamptonshire but was more recently part of Cambridgeshire.

The village's toponym comes from the Old English Ægeleswurth. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Eglesworde.

The common lands of Ailsworth and the neighbouring parish of Castor were not enclosed until 1898.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Area: Ailsworth CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Christopher (1982) [1975]. Fields in the English Landscape. Archaeology in the Field Series. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 153. ISBN 0-460-02232-6.

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