Washingley

Washingley
Washingley  Washingley shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL135892
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Peterborough
Postcode district	PE7
Dialling code	01733
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°29′17″N 0°19′52″W / 52.488°N 0.331°W / 52.488; -0.331

Washingley is a small hamlet in Cambridgeshire, England. ^[1] Washingley lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Peterborough, near Folksworth. Washingley is in the civil parish of Folksworth and Washingley. Washingley is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

As shown on Ordnance Survey maps of the parish, Washingley is a shrunken medieval village.^[1][2]

Government

Washingley is part of the civil parish of Folksworth and Washingley, which 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. Folksworth and Washingley Parish Council meets at the village hall on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.20pm.^[3]

Washingley 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, Washingley became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Washingley is a part of the district ward of Elton and Folksworth for Huntingdonshire District Council^[4] and is represented on the district council by one councillor.^[5] For Cambridgeshire County Council Washingley is part of the electoral division of Norman Cross ^[4] and is represented on the county council by two councillors.^[6]

At Westminster, Washingley is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,^[4] 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 Washingley is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

Demography

Population

In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Washingley was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 61 (the lowest was in 1901) and 133 (the highest was in 1841).^[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] The separate parishes of Folksworth and Washingley were combined into a single parish between 1931 and 1951.

In 2011, the parish covered an area of 2,194 acres (888 hectares)^[7] and so the population density for Folksworth and Washingley in 2011 was 257 persons per square mile (99.2 per square kilometre).

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