Woodwalton
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  Woodwalton |
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| Population | 237 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TL214809 |
| Civil 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 |
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Coordinates: 52°24′47″N 0°12′58″W / 52.413°N 0.216°W
Wood Walton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Wood Walton lies approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Huntingdon and just east of the A1. Wood Walton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.
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, clearly visible from passing trains. The church was listed as one of Songs of Praise's favourite churches. The church dates from around 1200 and is layered in history: the south aisle was added in 1250, a clerestory was added in the 16th century, and it received a major remodelling in the 1850s.[2] It is now in the keeping of the Friends of Friendless Churches.[3]
Further north are the earthworks of Woodwalton Castle, a motte-and-bailey castle which formerly held the manor of the parish.[4] In 1886 a hoard of Roman coins was dug up in the parish.[5] The village stands at the edge of Woodwalton Fen, an area of special scientific interest.[4]
Government
As a civil parish, Wood Walton 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 five councillors.
Wood Walton 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, Wood Walton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Wood Walton is a part of the district ward of Upwood and The Raveleys for Huntingdonshire District Council[6] and is represented on the district council by one councillor.[7] For Cambridgeshire County Council Wood Walton is part of the electoral division of Warboys and Upwood [6] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.[8]
At Westminster, Wood Walton is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,[6] 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 Wood Walton is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Wood Walton was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 158 (the lowest was in 1811) and 388 (the highest was in 1861).[9]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Walton | 281 | 251 | 274 | 277 | 271 | 208 | 213 | 214 | 237 | 243 |
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.[9]
In 2011, the parish covered an area of 4,860 acres (1,967 hectares)[9] and the population density of Wood Walton in 2011 was 32 persons per square mile (12.4 per square kilometre).
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
- ↑ The Nation's Favourite Churches, Andrew Barr
- ↑ "Woodwalton St Andrews". Friends of Friendless Churches.
- 1 2 Page, William; Proby, Granville; Ladds, S. Inskip, eds. (1936), "Parishes: Wood Walton", Victoria County History, A History of the County of Huntingdon (University of London & History of Parliament Trust) 3, pp. 236–241, retrieved 19 July 2010
- ↑ "GENUKI: Wood Walton". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- 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
Media related to Woodwalton at Wikimedia Commons