Grafham, Cambridgeshire

Grafham
Grafham Parish Church
Grafham  Grafham shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL170683
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	East of England
Website	http://www.grafham.org.uk
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°18′00″N 0°16′59″W / 52.3°N 0.283°W / 52.3; -0.283

Grafham is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] Grafham lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Grafham is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village gives its name to the nearby reservoir, Grafham Water. The village recently successfully raised funds as a community venture and via external funding sources to open a community convenience store located in the grounds of the Village Hall.

Government

As a civil parish, Grafham has a parish council. The parish council is elected by the residents of the parish who have registered on the electoral roll; the parish council is the lowest tier of government in England. A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields. The parish council reviews all planning applications that might affect the parish and makes recommendations to Huntingdonshire District Council, which is the local planning authority for the parish. The parish council also represents the views of the parish on issues such as local transport, policing and the environment. The parish council raises its own tax to pay for these services, known as the parish precept, which is collected as part of the Council Tax. The parish council has six councillors and normally meets on the third Tuesday of a month.^[2][3]

Grafham was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Grafham became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Grafham is a part of the district ward of Brampton for Huntingdonshire District Council^[4] and is represented on the district council by two councillors.^[5] For Cambridgeshire County Council Grafham is part of the electoral division of Brampton and Kimbolton ^[4] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.^[6]

At Westminster, Grafham is in the parliamentary constituency of Huntingdon,^[4] and is represented in the House of Commons by Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative). Jonathan Djanogly has represented the constituency since 2001. The previous member of parliament was John Major (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1983 and 2001. For the European Parliament Grafham is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

Demography

Population

In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Grafham was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 176 (the lowest was in 1801) and 344 (the highest was in 1871).^[7]

From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War).

All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.^[7]

In 2011, the parish covered an area of 1,801 acres (729 hectares)^[7] and so the population density for Grafham in 2011 was 223.9 persons per square mile (86.4 per square kilometre).

References

External links

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