Haddon, Cambridgeshire
Coordinates: 52°31′01″N 0°18′58″W / 52.517°N 0.316°W
Haddon is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Haddon lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Peterborough city centre, near to Chesterton and Yaxley. Haddon is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.
From 1927-37 the Rev Frank Buttle was rector of Chesterton with Haddon and Alwalton.
Government
Haddon is a small parish and does not have a parish council; it holds an annual parish meeting.
Haddon 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, Haddon became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Haddon is a part of the district ward of Elton and Folksworth for Huntingdonshire District Council[2] and is represented on the district council by one councillor.[3] For Cambridgeshire County Council Haddon is part of the electoral division of Norman Cross [2] and is represented on the county council by two councillors.[4]
At Westminster, Haddon is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,[2] and is represented in the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara (Conservative). Shailesh Vara has represented the constituency since 2005. The previous member of parliament was Brian Mawhinney (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1997 and 2005. For the European Parliament Haddon is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Haddon was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 77 (the lowest was in 1801) and 146 (the highest was in 1861).[5]
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War).
| Parish |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddon | 108 | 99 | 114 | 88 | 66 | 48 | 45 | 44 | 50 | 53 |
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.[5]
In 2011, the parish covered an area of 1,218 acres (493 hectares)[5] and so the population density for Haddon in 2011 was 27.8 persons per square mile (10.8 per square kilometre).
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
- 1 2 3 "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www.huntsdc.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors" (pdf). www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011" (xlsx - download). www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Cambridgeshire Insight. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
External links
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